Re: using psql

On Mar 27, 2005, at 3:40 PM, Stephen Choularton wrote:

> Bit more on my problem.  The password I am after is to use psql.
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> When I do the following – I don’t know the password:
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> C:\Documents and Settings\Stephen>psql
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> Password:
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> psql: FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "Stephen"
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> is there an initial default password, or is there some file I can
> change.  (Windows XP)
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You can temporarily modify the pg_hba.conf file so that no password is
required. See

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/client-
authentication.html

There are examples in the file itself -- just change the authentication
method to 'trust' for 127.0.0.1.

John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
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