Re: Installed PG with pgAdmin, some days later, now my password don't work!

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Jennifer Trey <jennifer(dot)trey(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Sorry, for the confusion.. just want to make something I wrote more clear:
>
> I tried to add a server and it required the use of a password and not to add
> a password.. upon the creation and connection, it says that it failed. The
> Server gets created but I cannot log in to it, even though its new...
>
> and also, I found it (the password) but I cannot log in with it anyway...
>
> / Jennifer
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jennifer Trey <jennifer(dot)trey(at)gmail(dot)com>
> Date: Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:47 PM
> Subject: [GENERAL] Installed PG with pgAdmin, some days later, now my
> password don't work!
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
>
>
> Yes, I found it.. but I cannot log in?
>
> Is there any simple way just to scratch the server and add a new one? thru
> pgAdmin please?
>
> I tried to "Add Server" but it requires a password too!? and thats not
> working either.. why does a new server require a new password?
>
> To Raymonds last,
>
> I am using pgAdmin, and that file I accidentally attached instead of an
> image I was planning to attach..

To be able to log in with pgAdmin, you have to configure the postgres
server to listen in a TCP socket. To do this, you have to edit its
configuration file (postgresql.conf), located probably in the
postgresql installation directory (not sure as I don't use windows,
might be slightly different). You just have to add a single line

listen_addresses = '*'

then restart the service and pgAdmin should be able to log in.