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 hope this will help you short of time. You can change the password of postgres sql by using bellow command.

Command

sudo -u postgres psql

And next you can update the password

Command

Alter user postgres password 'YOUR_NEW_PASSWORD';