[postgresql] fe_sendauth: no password supplied

database.yml:

# SQLite version 3.x
#   gem install sqlite3
#
#   Ensure the SQLite 3 gem is defined in your Gemfile
#   gem 'sqlite3'
development:
  adapter: postgresql
  encoding: utf8
  database: sampleapp_dev  #can be anything unique
  #host: localhost
  #username: 7stud
  #password: 

  #adapter: sqlite3
  #database: db/development.sqlite3
  pool: 5
  timeout: 5000

# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
# Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
test:
  adapter: postgresql
  encoding: utf8
  database: sampleapp_test  #can be anything unique
  #host: localhost
  #username: 7stud
  #password: 
  #adapter: sqlite3
  #database: db/test.sqlite3
  pool: 5
  timeout: 5000

production:
  adapter: postgresql
  database: sampleapp_prod   #can be anything unique
  #host: localhost
  #username: 7stud
  #password: 
  #adapter: sqlite3
  #database: db/production.sqlite3
  pool: 5
  timeout: 5000

pg_hba.conf:

# TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local   all             all                                     trust
# IPv4 local connections:
host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            trust
# IPv6 local connections:
host    all             all             ::1/128                 trust
# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
# replication privilege.
#local   replication     postgres                                md5
#host    replication     postgres        127.0.0.1/32            md5
#host    replication     postgres        ::1/128                 md5

I changed the METHOD in the first three lines from md5 to trust, but I still get the error.

And no matter what combinations of things I try in database.yml, when I do:

~/rails_projects/sample_app4_0$ bundle exec rake db:create:all

I always get the error:

fe_sendauth: no password supplied

I followed this tutorial to get things setup:

https://pragtob.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/setting-up-postgresql-for-ruby-on-rails-on-linux

Mac OSX 10.6.8
PostgreSQL 9.2.4 installed via enterpriseDB installer
Install dir: /Library/PostgreSQL/9.2

This question is related to postgresql ruby-on-rails-4

The answer is


This occurs if the password for the database is not given.

default="postgres://postgres:[email protected]:5432/DBname"


I just put --password flag into my command and after hitting Enter it asked me for password, which I supplied.


Do not use passwords. Use peer authentication instead:

postgres://myuser@%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fpostgresql/mydb