Re: pg_dump Error in Windows

To perform any backup requires DB level superuser reset postgres db user
password then try . Also make sure user entry in pg_hba.file if you are
using authentication method to md5.

Thanks & Regards,
*Shreeyansh DBA Team*
www.shreeyansh.com

On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 5:23 PM <soumik(dot)bhattacharjee(at)kpn(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Shreeyansh,
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> In local and it’s a windows server, yes “testusr” is the local admin user
> and infact postgres is also installed using this “testusr”.
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> Thanks
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> Soumik
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> *From:* Shreeyansh Dba <shreeyansh2014(at)gmail(dot)com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 21, 2019 12:45 PM
> *To:* Bhattacharjee, Soumik <soumik(dot)bhattacharjee(at)kpn(dot)com>
> *Cc:* Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
> *Subject:* Re: pg_dump Error in Windows
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> Hi Soumik,
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> Does your "testuser" have super user privilege..? User must have super
> user privileges to perform pg_dumpall.
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> Are you trying to perform backup from remote server or local...?
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> Thanks & Regards,
> *Shreeyansh DBA Team*
> www.shreeyansh.com
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> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 3:46 PM <soumik(dot)bhattacharjee(at)kpn(dot)com> wrote:
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> Hello All,
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> When I am trying to take backup using pg_dump.exe , it’s asking for
> password, when I provide the default password of “postgres” it never
> accepts and throws below error-
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> pg_dump: [archiver (db)] connection to database "test_database" failed:
> FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "testusr"
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> Is there any changes I need to do in pg_hba.conf file?
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> Please suggest a solution.
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> Thanks
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> Soumik
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