mmm i think you're right and it's not the same installation as i have not defined the PGDATA environment variable yet, so i don't know what he started at boot time...(i run the db with the -D option right now)

another thing i forgot to say is that the first time i put the data folder in my user home(/home/alex/.postgres/data) instead of /usr/local/pgsql/data/ ...but user postgres should be a SU so it shouldn't make any difference, or am i wrong?
then i changed the folder to /usr/local/pgsql/data/ but pgadmin refused still to connect. Only after i slaughtered /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 i was able to connect with pgadmin...

thx
Alessandro

Dave Page wrote:

Are you sure you're starting the same installation/cluster? Manually/init shouldn't make any difference if so.

Regards, Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: "Alessandro @ GMail"<neurotrotter@gmail.com>
Sent: 18/03/06 13:12:01
To: "pgadmin-support@postgresql.org"<pgadmin-support@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] weird problem with pgadmin & postgres on debian

ok, i fixed it by removing the postmaster daemon from init.d and starting postgres manually every time i need it, don't now why but it works, maybe it's a problem of user rights, but i'm too noob to know :P





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	hello there, 
	
	(it's the first time i use a mailing list...wow!)
	So, here's my problem: 
	
	I've installed postgresql on debian as well as pgadmin(everything updated to last version).
	Now, when i try to access my server on localhost with pgadmin, i cannot enter because it asks me the password. But i have no password, as it's just a first-time learning-purpose install! If i simply leave the password field empty, it rejects my login( 
	"Error connecting to the server: fe_sendauth: no password supplied"
	). But, if i try to access the server with 'psql testdatabase' from a terminal, i am able to enter, and work normally.
	
	I've also installed postgresql & pgadmin on windows xp (database different from the linux one) and pgadmin acts normally, letting me login and managing databases without any problem.
	
	What's wrong?
	
	thx
	






-----Unmodified Original Message-----
ok, i fixed it by removing the postmaster daemon from init.d and starting postgres manually every time i need it, don't now why but it works, maybe it's a problem of user rights, but i'm too noob to know :P





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	hello there, 
	
	(it's the first time i use a mailing list...wow!)
	So, here's my problem: 
	
	I've installed postgresql on debian as well as pgadmin(everything updated to last version).
	Now, when i try to access my server on localhost with pgadmin, i cannot enter because it asks me the password. But i have no password, as it's just a first-time learning-purpose install! If i simply leave the password field empty, it rejects my login( 
	"Error connecting to the server: fe_sendauth: no password supplied"
	). But, if i try to access the server with 'psql testdatabase' from a terminal, i am able to enter, and work normally.
	
	I've also installed postgresql & pgadmin on windows xp (database different from the linux one) and pgadmin acts normally, letting me login and managing databases without any problem.
	
	What's wrong?
	
	thx