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

If you are trying to login postgres shell as postgres user, then you can use following commands.

switch to postgres user

# su - postgres

login to psql

# psql

Hope that helps