Re: Ugh...createlang won't prompt for password

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Steve - DND" <postgres(at)digitalnothing(dot)com>
Cc: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, "postgres-win32" <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Ugh...createlang won't prompt for password
Date: 2005-04-19 23:00:28
Message-ID: 13446.1113951628@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Steve - DND" <postgres(at)digitalnothing(dot)com> writes:
>> Do you get something in the server log at this time? Check both the
>> eventlog and the logfiles in pg_log.

> Nothing in the event log, but the pg_log contained: "2005-04-19 08:48:47
> FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres"". Which I guess
> is to be expected since createlang doesn't ask me to enter my password.

Is it possible that createlang is getting a (wrong) password from
someplace? Say, a PGPASSWORD environment setting, or a .pgpass
config file.

regards, tom lane

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