Re: PostgreSQL 8.0 Beta 2 does not prompt for password

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Dann Corbit <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 8.0 Beta 2 does not prompt for password
Date: 2004-09-01 22:57:13
Message-ID: 413653C9.5000000@dunslane.net
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Dann Corbit wrote:

>I installed PostgreSQL under an account named postgres, using the
>installer project.
>
>dcorbit(at)DANNFAST ~
>$ psql -h localhost -U postgres -W template1
>psql.exe: FATAL: Password authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
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>
>

"-h localhost" is redundant on Windows - it's the default (since we have
no Unix sockets)

Is there a .pgpass file that it somehow picked up?

cheers

andrew

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