Password authentication fails when trying to connect to postgresql from clojure with jdbc -

i'm learning web development in clojure , i'm not @ expert in either postgresql or jdbc.

i'm going through "web development clojure" book , i'm stuck because cannot connect postgresql database, although believe have followed tutorial step step.

i connected psql with

sudo -u postgres psql 

then created admin user password 'admin'

postgres=# create user admin password 'admin'; create role 

then created database named reporting :

postgres=# create database reporting owner admin; create database 

no complaints far.

then clojure code, attempt connect database , create table :

(ns reporting-example.models.db   (:require [clojure.java.jdbc :as sql]))  ;defining db connection (def db    {:subprotocol "postgresql"    :subname "//localhost/reporting"    :user "admin"    :password "admin"})  ;function creating 'employee' table (defn create-employee-table []   (sql/create-table :employee                     [:name "varchar(50)"]                     [:occupation "varchar(50)"]                     [:place "varchar(50)"]                     [:country "varchar(50)"])     )  ; trying create table, here's part breaks exception : (sql/with-connection db     (create-employee-table)) 

and i'm getting ugly :

org.postgresql.util.psqlexception: fatal: password authentication failed user "admin" 

which not make sense me, credentials seem fine.

i tried above code both counterclockwise repl , leiningen repl. i'm on ubuntu 13.10, if matters.

could explain me doing wrong here? in advance!

since can't connect psql using same settings there 3 possibilities:

• wrong/typo'd password
• wrong/typo'd username
• you not connecting same server created account on.

to check latter, connect did create account , run

show port; 

make sure same specify in app. isn't perfect - 2 pg instances can share port if 1 isn't listening on tcp/ip , has different socket directory - first test.

you should examine postgresql server error logs, may contain more detailed information nature of authentication failure.