Re: Logging in with postgres remotely

Thanks for the response. I was able to get postgres user to connect to the remote database by using the 'alter user' command from within psql. However, I am unable to connect to the same server with a different user. I created a generic user called pgAdmin and used the command:

grant all privileges on database clients to user pgAdmin

I am certain I know that users password yet I cannot connect with it from my workstation. Do you think the pgpass file will help in this instance?

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From: Jan-Peter Seifert <Jan-Peter(dot)Seifert(at)gmx(dot)de>
To: Newbie Poster <newbie(dot)poster(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 4:14:05 PM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Logging in with postgres remotely

Newbie Poster wrote:

> Error connecting to the server: FATAL: password authentication failed
> for user "postgres"

Sounds like a hunt for the pgpass file is recommended:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/libpq-pgpass.html

Peter