Re: Never asked to set Master Password

Hi Karl,

I do not see my email anywhere on pgAdmin4? There is nothing in the upper
right hand corner to click on.

So maybe I am not logged in. How can I log in or create an account?

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Thank you,

-Tim Q

On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 11:08 AM Karl O. Pinc <kop(at)karlpinc(dot)com> wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:47:00 -0700
> Tim Quinn <timquinnsm(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to open PostgreSQL in pgAdmin4 but it never asked me to
> > set a master password when opening. When I try to open the Server
> > "PostgreSQL 14" it asks for my password. The password I set up while
> > installing PostgreSQL 14, does not work.
>
> PgAdmin4 requires you login to _it_, before you can use your
> PostgreSQL credentials to connect to a database.
>
> If you have gotten to the point where you can choose a DB server
> you have logged into pgAdmin4. You need (IIRC) to tell pgAdmin4
> what your PG username is (if not also your PG password) -- the
> PG username that goes with the DB server. IIRC, you get to this
> by way of clicking on your email address (your pgAdmin4 login name)
> in the upper right hand corner.
>
> Regards,
>
> Karl <kop(at)karlpinc(dot)com>
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>