Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu> writes:
> Thanks, again, someone said there was no pw on the account, but if I
> set local md5 I am prompted for a pw. Enter doesn't let you in. Is
> the default known?
Yes: there isn't one. If you want to use pw authentication, you have to
first set a password for the superuser account, then change the auth
method. This is why pw auth is not the initial default.
(Actually, if you do a manual initdb, you can specify a password at that
time and choose pw auth as the default auth method too. But this
approach is discouraged by most pre-packaged installations.)
regards, tom lane