From: | Alban Hertroys <dalroi(at)solfertje(dot)student(dot)utwente(dot)nl> |
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To: | Heine Ferreira <heine(dot)ferreira(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: can't connect to server on localhost |
Date: | 2010-04-06 23:39:55 |
Message-ID: | 3753278F-9310-429B-B4C5-5A67668848C7@solfertje.student.utwente.nl |
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On 6 Apr 2010, at 21:00, Heine Ferreira wrote:
> Hi
>
> Last night i mailed a message about me not being able to install Postgresql 8.4.3 successfully on windows 7 professional.
> I have since temporary quitted my antivirus and firewall programs and I could install successfull.
> In the installation it askes you for a password which it uses for for the service account and it also uses the same password to secure the database.
> It keeps telling me that my password is wrong. I know what my password is because I confirmed it.
> It does this regardless of whether the anti virus and firewall are running or not.
> I checked and yes the postgres service is running.
Whether you need the password or not depends on your settings in pg_hba.conf. It's quite possible that you don't need the password if you're connecting from localhost.
That said, I have no idea what settings PG comes with when installed on Windows.
Alban Hertroys
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