Re: PostgreSQL 8.0 Beta 2 does not prompt for password - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: PostgreSQL 8.0 Beta 2 does not prompt for password
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Msg-id 413653C9.5000000@dunslane.net
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In response to PostgreSQL 8.0 Beta 2 does not prompt for password when requested:  ("Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com>)
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Dann Corbit wrote:

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

"-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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