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From: Pravesh Sharma <[email protected]>
To: Rubens Oliveira Santos <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Issue with Server Connection Password - Not Set During Installation
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:17:56 +0530
Message-ID: <CA+36bxHVHpN-7aHgaJ6BBbvQ6A_uMp1Nwna6gJo07G9XXLgzfg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Hi Rubens,

The password asked is for postgres server which you must have setup when
installing PostgreSQL server.

Thanks,
Pravesh

On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM Rubens Oliveira Santos <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Dear pgAdmin Support Team,
>
> I am writing to report an issue I am facing with connecting to a server
> after installing pgAdmin.
>
> During the installation process, I was never prompted to create a password
> for the 'postgres' user or any other administrative user.
>
> Now, when I try to connect to a server (in this case, 'PostgreSQL 17'), I
> am prompted to enter a password for the user 'postgres', as shown in the
> screenshot I have attached. Since a password was never set up during
> installation, I am unable to provide the correct credentials and cannot
> connect to any external databases. Leaving the password field blank does
> not work.
>
> Could you please advise on how to resolve this situation? Is there a
> default password, or is there a way to set or reset the password for the
> 'postgres' user to allow me to connect to the server?
>
> Thank you for your time and assistance.
>
> Sincerely,
> Rubens Oliveira
> [image: image.png]
>


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