On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 7:29 PM, Ken Beck <nekkceb(dot)durfee(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Is it possible a big problem is that the password for user postgres not
> longer works for some reason, not sure why. It appears the password can
> not be rest or changed without knowing the original, and what I thought
> was the original no longer works.
>
Pretty sure on Ubuntu default the postgres O/S user authenticates itself
with PostgreSQL via "peer". The DB postgres user doesn't have a password.
David J.