PostgreSQL Database connection error - postgresql

Hello i am a beginner to postgresql, I am unable to connect Postgresql database on linux system from windows through pgadmin client . I am getting the following error
FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "192.168.1.42", user "postgres", database "postgres", SSL off
Kindly suggest me how to do.Thanks in advance

On the db server, edit your pg_hba.conf file and add a line similar to this:
host all all 192.168.1.42/32 md5
If you don't want to use a password (I won't get into the security aspects), you can switch the "md5" for "trust". If you only want to allow the postgres user access to the postgres maintenance database, then switch both "all" words with "postgres" (no quotes).
You'll need to reload the config files after making any changes.
Eg.
pg_ctl reload
or
select pg_reload_conf(); -- as the superuser
If you don't know which pg_hba.conf file your database cluster is using, if you can connect to any of the databases, issue select current_setting('hba_file');

by default, postgresql deny all connexion if it's not from "localhost"
here is a link for you :
https://wiki.debian.org/PhpPgAdmin

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cannot connect to Postgres - password unknown

I can't connect on postgresql.
when i go on pgadmin>server>postgresql, it asked me "please enter the password for the user 'postgres' to connect the server?
I have windows 10 and postgresql 14.
But I don't have this password.
What can I do?
The following worked for me.
Change METHOD of all rows in your pg_hba.conf file from scram-sha-256 to trust (C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\14\data\pg_hba.conf). This will disable password for your DB.
Click on any database in postgresql to use Query Tool.
In Query Tool type ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'User_password';
postgres is default username, execute it.
This way you can set up a password for your DB, after that go back to the first step and change it back from trust to scram-sha-256.

password authentication failed for user "postgres" and user 'postrgres' has no password

I am following a tutorial on how to create a to do app with PERN stack.
(working on ubuntu 18.4, postgres version 12.3)
I did install the PostrgreSQL, server is running on 5000 and I am able to enter to the database from the command line with "psql -U postgres" but when I try to connect database with the server I am getting this error: password authentication failed for user "postgres".
I was not asked to give any password to the user "postgres" while instalation so I left the password in the db file empty.
My db file looks like this:
const Pool = require("pg").Pool;
const pool = new Pool({
user: "postgres",
password: "",
host: "localhost",
port: 5432,
database: "perntodo",
});
module.exports = pool;
what can I co?
I did set the postrgres authentication in pg_hba.conf file from peer to trust as I found in another issue on stockoverflow, but the error keeps appearing.
The immediate fix would be to eliminate:
host: "localhost"
from your connection settings. This would force the connection to be made on local which would be equivalent to what you are doing with psql -U postgres.
The longer term fix would be to use psql -U postgres to connect and then ALTER ROLE postgres WITH PASSWORD '<some_pwd>'. This would give this ROLE a password. You can do this with other roles that already exist by using ALTER or when you CREATE a new role in the create statement.
The connection authentication methods are controlled by the pg_hba.conf file. A full explanation of what it does is available here:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/auth-pg-hba-conf.html
If the above does not answer all your questions then come back with specific concerns.
Don't use user postgres to connect your application to PostgreSQL.
Create separate user for application.
Grant to application user strict permissions only for schemes and tables what it need access.
Add pg_hba.conf record for application user
Enjoy
If I go as per your error message, then you need to reset postgres password. And I believe the default isnt working or you might have forgotten after resetting it.
Please follow below tutorial for resetting password:-
https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/infrastructure/postgresql/administration/change-reset-password/
or refer the answer for below:-
What is the default password for Postgres

FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres" While connecting to postgres

I tried to create server it it says:
Unable to connect to server:
FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres"
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What operating system are you using? maybe you need to change the password of the postgres user. In my case I use Debian GNU Linux, to change the password of the postgres user, I do it in the following way:
root#alpha:~$ passwd postgres
and then I enter a new password for the user.
Could you also verify that the postgres user has permission to connect to the server? To do this, you can check the pg_hba.config file in the PostgreSQL. installation directory.
root#alpha:~$ nano /etc/postgresql/11/main/pg_hba.conf
By default PostgreSQL, only allows connections from local addresses (localhost)
Make sure to have your local postgres server running
Hit pgadmin tool connect to server and to create database
Right-click on the server button to your left, select create then server, insert name of the server, make sure it is as descriptive as possible, that way you can find your way back to if you remember
Move to connection tab; host name is the server where the SQL database is running, most likely you will be starting with your machine as database(db), insert localhost or 127.0.0.1.
leave default port as it is '5432'
maintenance db leave as 'postgres'
username leave as default 'postgres'
password : same as you registered with during installation
To your left, you should see the database under 'server', you should see the postgres default created underlink databases.
Right click on the databases button and select create, then database, insert your descriptive database name, click save.
Click on your new database, roll down, highlight Schema, go to Tools, select Query Tool...
You can go ahead to create or import tables as you deem fit.
EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON THE PASSWORD, IT MUST BE SAME AS USED DURING INSTALLATION

Can't connect to a database with another user

I'm using Postgresql, and I have a database named django_db and a user manuel. I want to connect to this database by this user, I tried this \c django_db manuel but I get this error:
FATAL: Peer authentication failed for user "manuel"
Previous connection kept
How can I solve this problem?
Make sure the user manuel has access to the database django_db in the pg_hba.conf file, e.g.
host django_db manuel your_ip_adress md5
Or if you prefer to give this user access to all databases
host all manuel your_ip_adress md5
After modifying your pg_hba.conf you have to either restart postgres or simply reload the file using the following function:
SELECT pg_reload_conf();
Unless you have a user mapping in place, only the OS user named 'manuel' can connect as the PostgreSQL user named 'manuel'. This is what "peer authentication" means.
You have many choices here. Try this as an OS user named 'manuel', or change from peer to some other type of authentication (in pg_hba.conf), or create a pg_ident.conf file (and then configure pg_hba.conf to use it) that allows the OS user you actually are to login as PostgreSQL user 'manuel'.

Change my postgresql password in OSX?

I am trying to set my local postgresql so it does not have a password. I understand that this has to be done in the pg_hba.conf file and to acceess that file I have to be a postgres user. But to be a postgres user, I have to login with su postgres and enter the password that I don't have.
Any solution to this (I am on OSX)?
You're confusing several different concepts about the security model.
There is a postgres operating system user, which the PostgreSQL server runs as in order to isolate its data files and to limit damage in case of a security breach or application bug. PostgreSQL won't run as root for security. This user doesn't generally have a password, but you can change to it via the root account using sudo - you can sudo to this user with something like sudo -i -u postgres.
There is also a postgres database user, the default database superuser. This user doesn't generally have a password by default, but pg_hba.conf allows the postgres operating system user to connect as the postgres PostgreSQL user using peer authentication.
If you want you can change the configuration so that you use a password for the postgres database user, so you can psql -U postgres from any system user account:
ALTER USER postgres WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'blahblah';
Edit pg_hba.conf ("hba" is "host-based authentication") to use md5 authentication for local and host connections.
Re-start or re-load PostgreSQL
Similarly, if you want to allow any system user to connect as any database user without a password, you must modify pg_hba.conf and set trust as the authentication mode for local and host connection types. Please only use trust authentication for testing.
To learn more, see the client authentication chapter in the PostgreSQL documentation.