BUG #8689: createdb db finds user ? password?

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#1Noname
sixs@ida.net

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 8689
Logged by: Jim Smiley
Email address: sixs@ida.net
PostgreSQL version: 9.3.1
Operating system: windows 8.1
Description:

I installed Postgresql 9.3. I was not asked for a user. I then tried to run
created clog. I get the message

C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin>createdb clog
Password:
Password:
createdb: could not connect to database template1: FATAL: password
authenticati
on failed for user "Jim"

C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin>

Is this a bug?

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#2Michael Paquier
michael@paquier.xyz
In reply to: Noname (#1)
Re: BUG #8689: createdb db finds user ? password?

On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 12:55 PM, <sixs@ida.net> wrote:

I installed Postgresql 9.3. I was not asked for a user. I then tried to run
created clog. I get the message

C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin>createdb clog
Password:
Password:
createdb: could not connect to database template1: FATAL: password
authenticati
on failed for user "Jim"

C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin>

Is this a bug?

No, you are simply not typing the correct password for connection to
server when trying to create this database, making the creation of
this database "clog" fail.

Regards,
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Michael

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