On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Guillaume Lelarge <guilla...@lelarge.info>wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 17:00 +0000, Bill Appelbe wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Guillaume Lelarge > > <guilla...@lelarge.info> wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 16:31 +0000, Bill Appelbe wrote: > > > Hi > > > I installed Pgadmin3 version 1.12.3 on Linux Mint 12 which > > also has > > > PostgreSQL 8.4 installed. > > > > > > It all worked fine and I was able to look at the database. > > > Then I went away for a few days, came back and now have a > > problem > > > connecting to PostgreSQL > > > the error is: > > > Error connecting to the server: FATAL: password > > authentication failed for > > > user "postgres" > > > FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres" > > > > > > Seems simple enough! but I retype the password and no joy. > > > I have another application that uses PostgreSQL (LedgerSMB) > > and it works > > > fine. > > > > > > After some research I changed the password using : > > > ALTER USER postgres PASSWORD 'newPassword'; > > > in psql > > > this also does not work > > > > > > I also edited pg_hba.comf and replaced the word 'ident' with > > 'trust' in the > > > first line. > > > I restarted the postgres server and still no joy. > > > > > > There has to be something simple that I am missing but I > > can't see it! > > > any help would be appreciated > > > > > > > > > The only reason I see is that you're not connecting to the > > same server. > > > > > > -- > > Guillaume > > http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info > > http://www.dalibo.com > > PostgreSQL Sessions #3: http://www.postgresql-sessions.org > > > > > > It is all to 127.0.0.1 there is no other PostgreSQL installation on > > the network > > > > OK. Then, tell us exactly how you try to connect to your PostgreSQL > database, the exact error message you get, and give us the whole > pg_hba.conf file. > > > I open pgAdmin and go to File - Add Server I fill in the window that appears Name =test, Host =127.0.0.1 the next few are default (port 5432, Maintaince DB and username both 'postgres') and enter password, click 'ok' a window comes up warning me of storing password on the disk click 'ok' Then I get the error above (it was copy and pasted) my pg_hba.conf: # Database administrative login by Unix domain socket local all postgres ident # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only local all all ident # IPv4 local connections: host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5 # IPv6 local connections: host all all ::1/128 md5 thanks for your help Altering user postgres with password 'NNNNNNN'; made no difference Bill
