title: pgadmin postgresql - register new local server
body: <p>I am trying to setup pgAdmin on a new macbook. I am in the process of setting up a local server but keep getting the error:</p>
  
  <p><code>Error connecting to the server: FATAL: role "postgres" does not exist</code></p>
  
  <p>Here are my settings:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/tlUlP.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/tlUlP.png" alt="pgadmin_settings"></a></p>
  
  <p>And here are the contents of my pg_hba.conf file:</p>
  
  <pre><code># 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     abc1234                                trust
  #host    replication     abc1234        127.0.0.1/32            trust
  #host    replication     abc1234        ::1/128                 trust
  host all all localhost trust
  host all all 192.168.1.0/24 trust
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can someone help?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance!</p>