Ashis Anand escribió:
> Problem Statement: PGUSER has to be set for PSQL to authenticate. If left
> unset the connection to database fails with the error mentioned below.
>
> STEPS:
> 1. Install PostgreSQL.
> 2. Start psql from start menu
> 3. create a role for the user 'foo' through the following statement
> CREATE ROLE foo LOGIN CREATEDB CREATEROLE PASSWORD 'bar'
> 4. Create a database mydb
> CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH OWNER = foo
> 5. Open your normal console where pguser is not set
> 6. Run: "psql mydb"
> 7. Enter the password as 'bar'
>
> Actual output:
> psql: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "foo"
Hmm. Do you have a pgpass.conf file with a conflicting password for
user foo?
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