Thread: Re: initial windows install : can't createuser or createdb - what user / pass to use?

the initial admin user comes from the service installation screen.
from this web site I just found.

http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/

HK


On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 04:48:25 -0500, Henry Kon <henry.kon@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just installed postgresql on windows version 8.0.0 rc-2 and am
> trying to do very first things like createuser or createdb but all I
> get is messages like:
>
> createuser: could not connect to database template1: FATAL:  password
> authentication failed for user "xxxxx"
>
> How do I add users or do other admin stuff at startup?  Is there a
> default administrative user and password that I should know about?
>
> From the example below, lbaigell is the user I log into windows with -
> so Postgres knows about that user name by itself - the password I'm
> trying to use is the windows password - a 6 alpha character string.
>
> Thank you
> Henry
>
> interaction below:
>
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0.0-rc2\bin>createuser
> Enter name of user to add: mkon
> Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y
> Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) y
> Password:
> createuser: could not connect to database template1: FATAL:  password
> authentication failed for user "lbaigell"
>
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0.0-rc2\bin>c
>