"Dr. Lal Bopearachchi" <lal(at)apiit(dot)lk> writes:
> I am trying to use PostgreSQL ver. 8.1.4 that comes with Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 5.
> I cannot log into the postgres server as postgres, it gives the error
> message "password authentication failed for user "postgres".
> Is there a default password?
No. The default Red Hat configuration doesn't use passwords --- it is
set up for "ident" authorization, instead. Have you changed any
configuration files? What are the exact commands you are trying?
regards, tom lane