Thread: PostgresSQL Setup error
Hi Team,
Hope this email finds you well,
Apologies as I am unaware if this is the correct mailing address.
I would however like to inquire about an issue currently being experienced with Postgres with one of our external clients.
When doing the setup and following the steps accordingly with regards to adding the details for PostgreSQL Unicode ODBC Driver and testing, I run into an error where it states the below.
*note - I was provided with the username and password .
"psql: FATAL: password authentication failed"
Please advise if assistance can be provided?
Kind Regards
Jordan Adams
IT Support
iSquared Technologies (Pty) Ltd
021 671 5778
206 Main Road, Claremont, Cape Town 7708
Please send all support emails to SUPPORT@ISQUARED.CO.ZA and not to an engineer directly as they cannot respond to these emails. Please send all procurement requests to procurement@isquared.co.za Thanks.
On Wed, 2025-07-09 at 14:06 +0000, Jordan Adams wrote: > "psql: FATAL: password authentication failed" > > Please advise if assistance can be provided? Possibly. That error will cause an error message in the PostgreSQL server log. Ask your DBA to find that error message and tell you what it says. Usually, the message means that you provided the wrong password. To figure out what is going on, one would have to know how exactly you are trying to connect (the connect string, the data source definition) and what is in the database server's "pg_hba.conf". Yours, Laurenz Albe
On 7/9/25 07:06, Jordan Adams wrote: > Hi Team, > > Hope this email finds you well, > > Apologies as I am unaware if this is the correct mailing address. > > I would however like to inquire about an issue currently being > experienced with Postgres with one of our external clients. > > When doing the setup and following the steps accordingly with regards to > adding the details for PostgreSQL Unicode ODBC Driver and testing, I run > into an error where it states the below. > > *note - I was provided with the username and password . > > "psql: FATAL: password authentication failed" Was that the complete message? Not something like: psql: error: connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5482 failed: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "aklaver" Also provide: 1) Postgres version. 2) Client version. > > Please advise if assistance can be provided? > > > Kind Regards > > Jordan Adams > > IT Support > > iSquared Technologies (Pty) Ltd > > 021 671 5778 > > http://www.isquared.co.za <http://www.isquared.co.za/> > > 206 Main Road, Claremont, Cape Town 7708 > > > > Please send all support emails to SUPPORT@ISQUARED.CO.ZA > <mailto:SUPPORT@ISQUARED.CO.ZA> and not to an engineer directly as they > cannot respond to these emails. Please send all procurement requests to > procurement@isquared.co.za <mailto:procurement@isquared.co.za> Thanks. > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
Hi,
There could be many reasons , sharing most common ones:
- Typo errors ie case sensitive
- Password change errors
- Incorrect username ,database name , port number
- Configuration issues in hba file
- Privilege issue
- Server Not Restarted/Reloaded or full restart has not taken place for the server
Sharing the psql command for ready reference
psql -h <your_server_ip_or_hostname> -p <your_port> -U <your_username> -d <your_database_name>
On 7/9/25 07:06, Jordan Adams wrote:
> Hi Team,
>
> Hope this email finds you well,
>
> Apologies as I am unaware if this is the correct mailing address.
>
> I would however like to inquire about an issue currently being
> experienced with Postgres with one of our external clients.
>
> When doing the setup and following the steps accordingly with regards to
> adding the details for PostgreSQL Unicode ODBC Driver and testing, I run
> into an error where it states the below.
>
> *note - I was provided with the username and password .
>
> "psql: FATAL: password authentication failed"
Was that the complete message?
Not something like:
psql: error: connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5482
failed: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "aklaver"
Also provide:
1) Postgres version.
2) Client version.
>
> Please advise if assistance can be provided?
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Jordan Adams
>
> IT Support
>
> iSquared Technologies (Pty) Ltd
>
> 021 671 5778
> Hi Team,
>
> Hope this email finds you well,
>
> Apologies as I am unaware if this is the correct mailing address.
>
> I would however like to inquire about an issue currently being
> experienced with Postgres with one of our external clients.
>
> When doing the setup and following the steps accordingly with regards to
> adding the details for PostgreSQL Unicode ODBC Driver and testing, I run
> into an error where it states the below.
>
> *note - I was provided with the username and password .
>
> "psql: FATAL: password authentication failed"
Was that the complete message?
Not something like:
psql: error: connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5482
failed: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "aklaver"
Also provide:
1) Postgres version.
2) Client version.
>
> Please advise if assistance can be provided?
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Jordan Adams
>
> IT Support
>
> iSquared Technologies (Pty) Ltd
>
> 021 671 5778
Thanks
Dinesh Nair
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Subject: PostgresSQL Setup error
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Hi Team,
Hope this email finds you well,
Apologies as I am unaware if this is the correct mailing address.
I would however like to inquire about an issue currently being experienced with Postgres with one of our external clients.
When doing the setup and following the steps accordingly with regards to adding the details for PostgreSQL Unicode ODBC Driver and testing, I run into an error where it states the below.
*note - I was provided with the username and password .
"psql: FATAL: password authentication failed"
Please advise if assistance can be provided?
Kind Regards
Jordan Adams
IT Support
iSquared Technologies (Pty) Ltd
021 671 5778
206 Main Road, Claremont, Cape Town 7708
Please send all support emails to SUPPORT@ISQUARED.CO.ZA and not to an engineer directly as they cannot respond to these emails. Please send all procurement requests to procurement@isquared.co.za Thanks.