Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Sudhakar Kurumella
Dear Andrew,   Thanks a LOT!!   It is working:   [D:\]psql -U postgres sosWelcome to psql 8.0.0beta2, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type:  \copyright for distribution terms   \h for help with SQL commands   \? for help with psql commands   \g or terminate with semicolon to execut

Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Andrew Dunstan
try host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust restart the server, then try to connect. Sudhakar Kurumella wrote: Is there any alternative for me ?...Any suggestinons would be highly appreciated. thanks, kuru */Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: The "local" line has no effect on Windows - it

Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Sudhakar Kurumella
Is there any alternative for me ?...Any suggestinons would be highly appreciated.   thanks, kuruAndrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The "local" line has no effect on Windows - it only has relevance for Unix domain socket connections, which Windows does not support.The line that affects local

Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Laszlo Hornyak
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Sudhakar Kurumella wrote: > Dear Laszlo, > > Indeed that is tough, It is highly appreciated if you could explain a bit in detail. > I tried with option "password no need" in my server, and also tried remove md5 from > pg_hba.conf : > > # TYPE DATABASEUSERCIDR-

Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Andrew Dunstan
The "local" line has no effect on Windows - it only has relevance for Unix domain socket connections, which Windows does not support. The line that affects local connections on Windows is "host all all 127.0.0.1/32 ..." (We really need to make that crystal clear in the pg_hba.conf ...) cheers a

Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Andrew Dunstan
That doesn't answer the question of why he isn't even asked for a password. cheers andrew Laszlo Hornyak wrote: You could enable local connections with no password, then connect with your postgres user, change pwd, and then re-enable security. use pg_ctl reload for reloading security settings. Not

Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Sudhakar Kurumella
Dear Laszlo,   Indeed that is tough, It is highly appreciated if you could explain a bit in detail. I tried with option "password no need" in my server, and also tried remove md5 from pg_hba.conf : # TYPE  DATABASE    USER    CIDR-ADDRESS  METHOD local   all postgres

Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Laszlo Hornyak
You could enable local connections with no password, then connect with your postgres user, change pwd, and then re-enable security. use pg_ctl reload for reloading security settings. Not nice, but quick :) On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Sudhakar Kurumella wrote: > I am trying to connect to database call

Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Sudhakar Kurumella
I am trying to connect to database called "sos", i tried as you said:   [D:\]psql -U postgres template1psql: FATAL:  Password authentication failed for user "postgres" [D:\]psql -U postgres -W template1psql: FATAL:  Password authentication failed for user "postgres" [D:\]   I got the above error ag

Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Which database are you trying to connect to? try: psql -U postgres template1 or psql -U postgres -W template1 and see what happens cheers andrew Sudhakar Kurumella wrote: I tried that, the error is the same but with user "postgres" [D:\Postgresql\8.0-beta2-dev3\bin]psql -U postgres psql: FATAL:

Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Sudhakar Kurumella
I tried that, the error is the same but with user "postgres"   [D:\Postgresql\8.0-beta2-dev3\bin]psql -U postgrespsql: FATAL:  Password authentication failed for user "postgres"   It is not taking my password if i give option with "-W" as well.   [D:\Postgresql\8.0-beta2-dev3\bin]psql -U postgres -

Re: [HACKERS] psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for

2004-09-21 Thread Dave Cramer
Use psql -U postgres Dave On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 07:38, Sudhakar Kurumella wrote: > Hi, > > I am using postgresql windows based "8.0-beta2-dev3". I have provided > default user and password while installing. When i am trying to > connecto to psql through dos command prompt, i am getting following