Postgresql: password authentication failed for user “postgres”

Question

I have installed PostgreSQL 8.4, Postgres client and Pgadmin 3. Authentication failed for user \"postgres\" for both console client and Pgadmin. I have typed user as \"postg

Answer 1

Edit the pg_hba.conf file, e.g. with sudo emacs /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/pg_hba.conf

Change all authentication methods to trust. Change Unix Password for "postgres" user. Restart Server. Login with psql -h localhost -U postgres and use the just set Unix password. If it works you can re-set the pg_hba.conf file to the default values.