Check your pg_hba.conf file
if the method is password, then create a pasword for postgres user
psql yourdb
alter user postgres set password = 'pasword'
if you don't want to do that, change pg_hba.conf file and modify the method to trust
then /etc/init.t/./postgresql reload
Hope this will help
Subject: [ADMIN] Postgresql Login problem
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:54:10 +0600
From: lal@apiit.lk
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
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I am trying to use PostgreSQL ver. 8.1.4 that comes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
I cannot log into the postgres server as postgres, it gives the error message “password authentication failed for user “postgres”.
Is there a default password?
How can I start working with postgres?
Regards.
Lal Bopearatchy