Re: Admin user issue: unable to login after changing password

looks like you missed the 'type' value in pg_hba? the sequence is type,
database, user, address, method

See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/auth-pg-hba-conf.html

Payal Singh,
Junior Database Administrator,
OmniTI Computer Consulting Inc.
Phone: 240.646.0770 x 253

On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 6:24 PM, <sharon(at)erabyte(dot)it> wrote:

> Hi,
> after fixing pg_hba.conf with host "all postgres
> localhost trust" i started psql or pgadmin and i tryed to
> log in but i still had to type a password.
> After fixing the file .conf i restarted the service with no luck.
> Any hint?
>
> Thank you
>
> Sharon
>
>
> ----- Messaggio Originale -----
> Da:
> "Jerry Sievers" <gsievers19(at)comcast(dot)net>
>
> A:
> "sharon" <sharon(at)erabyte(dot)it>
> Cc:
> <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Inviato:
> Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:21:34 -0600
> Oggetto:
> Re: [ADMIN] Admin user issue: unable to login after changing password
>
>
>
> sharon <sharon(at)erabyte(dot)it> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using postgres 9.2 on windows 7. I've changed the password of
> > postgres user with pgadmin but now i'm unable to log in.
> > There are two users accounts but only one is the admin. The problem is
> > that the postgres' user expire date is set in 1970, I can see this
> > from the other account.
> > Is possible to replace users with a configuration hack? Or is possible
> > to install everything again without loosing database's data?
> > Is there a way to solve this issue?
>
> Fix your pg_hba.conf file to not require a password from the affected
> user, reload it and then login and do a good pw reset and set
> valid-until to infinity..
>
>
> alter role postgres password 'good-pw' valid until 'infinity';
>
> HTH
>
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Sharon
>
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