Administer postgres from PGAdmin on remote mac using ssh tunnel
- by Aidan Ewen
I've got PostgreSQL installed on a Ubuntu server and I'm trying to connect to that server using PGAdmin on a remote macbook.
I've created an ssh tunnel -
macbook:~postgres$ ssh -L 5423:localhost:5432 [email protected]
And I can connect using psql on the macbook as expected -
macbook:~ me$ psql -U postgres -p 5423 -h localhost
...
postgres=#
In the 'New Server Registration' window on PGAdminIII I'm entering the following credentials -
Name - MyServer
Host - localhost
Port - 5423
Maintenance DB - postgres
Username - postgres
Password - <remote_postgres_password>
However the connection fails -
Error connecting to the server: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres"
Not sure what's going on here, these seem to be the same credentials I've used for psql.
