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| From: | "Dann Corbit" <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com> |
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| To: | "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | PostgreSQL 8.0 Beta 2 does not prompt for password when requested: |
| Date: | 2004-09-01 21:57:40 |
| Message-ID: | 54798A299E68514AB7C4DEBA25F03BE119145D@postal.corporate.connx.com |
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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"
| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| 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