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

I had faced similar issue. While accessing any database I was getting below prompt after updating password "password authentication failed for user “postgres”" in PGAdmin

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Solution:

1. Shut down postgres server
2. Re-run pgadmin
3. pgadmin will ask for password.
4. Please enter current password of mentioned user

Hope it will resolve your issue