On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 16:31 +0000, Bill Appelbe wrote: > Hi > I installed Pgadmin3 version 1.12.3 on Linux Mint 12 which also has > PostgreSQL 8.4 installed. > > It all worked fine and I was able to look at the database. > Then I went away for a few days, came back and now have a problem > connecting to PostgreSQL > the error is: > Error connecting to the server: FATAL: password authentication failed for > user "postgres" > FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres" > > Seems simple enough! but I retype the password and no joy. > I have another application that uses PostgreSQL (LedgerSMB) and it works > fine. > > After some research I changed the password using : > ALTER USER postgres PASSWORD 'newPassword'; > in psql > this also does not work > > I also edited pg_hba.comf and replaced the word 'ident' with 'trust' in the > first line. > I restarted the postgres server and still no joy. > > There has to be something simple that I am missing but I can't see it! > any help would be appreciated >
The only reason I see is that you're not connecting to the same server.