| From: | Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> |
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| To: | Juan Pablo Hernandez <juanpablo(dot)hernandez(at)usm(dot)cl> |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Forgotten Password |
| Date: | 2006-05-03 13:40:18 |
| Message-ID: | 20060503134018.GA29954@wolff.to |
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On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 19:15:16 -0400,
Juan Pablo Hernandez <juanpablo(dot)hernandez(at)usm(dot)cl> wrote:
> Hi, I installed PostgreSQL in my PC (windows XP) a few weeks ago and I
> can´t remember the password for the user 'postgres' so I can't access
> the local database. I can uninstall PostgreSQL but I don't know if I
> will be able to reinstall it since I have the McAfee antivirus
> installed. Is there a super user in PostgreSQL I can use to change the
> passwords? Is there another solution?
> Thank You.
Edit hba.conf to allow postgres to login without a password from some
safe location and restart the server. Once you are in change the password,
restore hba.conf and restart again.
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