Re: a really dumb password question

On 6/22/23 10:05, Martin Mueller wrote:
>
> I have a very stupid password question. I don’t know whether a postgres
> database on my Mac has a pass word or not.
>
> I access the database via the Aqua Data Studio frontend as the user
> postgres. I don’t think I ever added a password, and on the authentication
> panel the password box is empty but the Remember Password box is checked.
>
> However on the user panel there is a sequence of black dots for the
> Password and Password confirmation. This suggests that I did set a
> password, but I don’t remember what it is.
>
> How can I undo the damage? Is there some super user way in which I can
> undo the current password and set a new one. The database itself has
> several hundred tables, and I need to find a way to fix my stupid error.
>
> I have a dump of the database.  I don’t know whether that is subject to
> the password or not. If it isn’t, I suppose I could start over from scratch.
>

If the database is on your Mac, then edit the pg_hba.conf file, and restart.

local   all             postgres trust

That should give user "postgres" access with or without a password.

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