Re: Forgotten Password

On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 19:15:16 -0400,
  Juan Pablo Hernandez <juanpablo.hernandez@usm.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.