Re: psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

Which database are you trying to connect to?

try:
psql -U postgres template1
or
psql -U postgres -W template1
and see what happens

cheers

andrew

Sudhakar Kurumella wrote:

> I tried that, the error is the same but with user "postgres"
>
> [D:\Postgresql\8.0-beta2-dev3\bin]psql -U postgres
> psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
> It is not taking my password if i give option with "-W" as well.
>
> [D:\Postgresql\8.0-beta2-dev3\bin]psql -U postgres -W password
> psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
> thanks,
> kuru
>
>
>
> */Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>/* wrote:
>
> Use psql -U postgres
>
> Dave
> On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 07:38, Sudhakar Kurumella wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using postgresql windows based "8.0-beta2-dev3". I have
> provided
> > default user and password while installing. When i am trying to
> > connecto to psql through dos command prompt, i am getting following
> > error:
> >
> > [D:\Postgresql\8.0-beta2-dev3\bin]psql
> > psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for user "Administrator"
> >
> > I dont have user named "Administrator", i have only user "postgres"
> > and my "pg_hba.conf" details are:
> >
> > # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD
> > local all postgres md5
> > # IPv4-style local connections:
> > host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
> > # IPv6-style local connections:
> > #host all all ::1/128 md5
> >
> > My question is how to connect postgres through the dos command
> prompt,
> > to use commands such as pg_dump etc..
> >
>
>