Re: FW: Installation

Thanks Vincent for your response. I had used the wrong set up program.

Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: Vincent Veyron [mailto:vv(dot)lists(at)wanadoo(dot)fr]
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 12:57 PM
To: Martin Caverly
Cc: 'pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org'
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] FW: Installation

On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 16:35:12 +0000
Martin Caverly <mcaverly(at)KoboProductsInc(dot)com> wrote:

> I am trying to install PostgresSQL 9.0.12 (stand-alone, fresh installation), but cannot pass the password screen. I have tried these passwords: root, Root, Superuser, superuser, postgres, Postgres, Postgressql, postgressql… none of them was accepted.
> Please kindly advise the default password for fresh installation.

What are you installing on? (and as Adrian noted, why the old distribution on a fresh install?)

On Debian for instance, the new Postgres user has no password. You need to do (as root):

# su - postgres
$ psql

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