| From: | Thomas Beutin <tyrone(at)laokoon(dot)IN-Berlin(dot)DE> |
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| To: | Mel Roman <mel(at)melroman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostGreSQL - Accessing It |
| Date: | 2003-08-13 02:38:08 |
| Message-ID: | 20030813043808.A15117@laokoon.bug.net |
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 01:34:00AM +0000, Mel Roman wrote:
> I have the same problem as Michael. I've installed postgresql and am
> running the service, but I can't log in as postgres. I just tried the
> command line "psql -U postgres template1", but I get the message
> "authentication failed for user 'postgres'". The administrator's manual
> confirms that I first need to connect as this predefined user, but
> doesn't say what that user's password is.
Did You tried "su - postgres" as root? This should bring You into a
shell of the postgres user.
HTH,
-tb
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Thomas Beutin tb(at)laokoon(dot)IN-Berlin(dot)DE
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