Re: What is a password for?

[Weiwei Guo <wwguocn(at)gmail(dot)com>]

Yes, I set a password. I'm sure that I used the right password for 
'postgres'. I can su to 'postgres' with it.

~ $ createuser -U postgres -W test
Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) n
Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) n
Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) y
Password: <i input password here>
createuser: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL:  password 
authentication failed for user "postgres"



Tom Lane ????:
> Weiwei Guo <wwguocn(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Thank you, Micah and Andrej. I change TRUST to MD5 and password works 
> > mostly, but the user 'postgres' complains "
> > password authentication failed". Is there any special of 'postgres'?
>
> Did you set a password for it?
>
> 			regards, tom lane