"Jon Allen" <Jon(dot)Allen(at)sas(dot)com> writes:
> ...every psql command I issue gets this response:
> psql: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres"
> even though there is no password prompt.
What shows up in the postmaster log?
> I don't have any .pgpass files on my system.
How about PGPASSWORD environment variable?
> The install log mentions errors 1707 and 1709, but I can't find any reference to them.
Actually showing them to us might help...
regards, tom lane