Re: Can't reinstall b/c don't know the very long installation password

Thank you Jeff and Scott:

I found this on the archives.postgresql.org site and it worked. I
wanted to post it in case someone else has the same problem.

First go to start>>settings>>control panel>>user account>> select
advanced tab, click advanced button>>then click user folder and delete
the postgres user.

Restart the installation ....

Thanks again,
Patricia

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Frost [mailto:jeff(at)frostconsultingllc(dot)com]
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 11:38 AM
To: LaRue, Patricia
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Can't reinstall b/c don't know the very long
installation password

On Fri, 16 May 2008, LaRue, Patricia wrote:

> I installed PostgreSQL and created the initial "very long" password
and
> wrote it down. Someone else did something to change it and now
neither
> one of us can log into the DB. So I tried to uninstall and reinstall
> but my "very long" password is not recognized and without it I cannot
> complete the installation. I even tried removing all PostgreSQL stuff
> from the registry. Does anyone know how I can blow away wherever that
> password is located and start fresh?

Easiest thing is to change your pg_hba.conf to trust for the host from
which
you're connecting, reload postgresql, then use ALTER ROLE to set the
password
back to something you know. Finally, change you pg_hba.conf back to its

previous value then reload postgresql again.

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