| From: | John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pg_dump error |
| Date: | 2011-11-18 07:30:41 |
| Message-ID: | 4EC609A1.7060905@hogranch.com |
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On 11/17/11 11:01 PM, Mamatha_Kagathi_Chan(at)DELL(dot)com wrote:
>
> I am using PostgreSQL 9.0. It is installed on Windows XP. I am trying
> to take a backup of the database using pg_dump. But each time I give a
> command
>
> Pg_dump pgdb > backup.sql
>
> I am prompted for a password and I provided the database password.
> After this, I got an error as follows..
>
> pg_dump: [archiver (db)] connection to database “pgdb” failed : FATAL:
> password authentication failed for user “windows user_name”.
>
add -U dbusername to the command line.
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john r pierce N 37, W 122
santa cruz ca mid-left coast
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