Ubuntu installed postgresql password failure

From: Dale Seaburg <kg5lt(at)verizon(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Ubuntu installed postgresql password failure
Date: 2015-09-13 20:57:51
Message-ID: 55F5E34F.4020800@verizon.net
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I have reached my wit's end. lol I installed postgresql (9.3.9) and
pgadmin3 with the Ubuntu Software Center. When using pgadmin or psql, I
get an error "password authentication failed for user "postgres" ".
Ubuntu (14.04.3).

I created a postgres user BEFORE installing postgresql/pgadmin toolset.
The password I used for the postgres user will not work with the
installed postgresql tools.

What in the world am I doing wrong, and more importantly, how do I
determine the password used for postgres during the postgresql install?
AND, why should it be different from the postgres user I created.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Dale

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