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Hagop H. schrieb:
> I know that my problem is due to my carelessness and ignorance, but I
> didn’t think that installing PostgreSQL would cause a state of affairs
> not easily reversed. Please excuse the length of the following narrative.
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> When installing PostgreSQL 8.0.1 on my laptop running Windows XP Home
> (SP2), I let the installer create the postgres account and generate a
> password. I didn’t write down the password. I figured that if the
> installer was going to generate a random password, it would store it in
> some configuration or log file and not ask me for it. I was wrong.
> (Perhaps a warning for idiots like me would be appropriate in the MSI
> installer file?) When I went to connect to the template1 database,
> PGAdmin III asked me for the postgres account password, which I was
> unable to provide.
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> Normally this wouldn’t be a problem. I figured I’d just start up Control
> Panel and change the postgres account password. Unfortunately, Windows
> XP Home doesn’t provide any obvious tools to change a system account
> password. I only know how to change user account passwords. Control
> Panel’s User Accounts tool is useless for this problem.
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> I uninstalled PostgreSQL, thinking that reinstalling it might help. I
> tried removing the postgres account to no avail. My only indication that
> the postgres account still exists is the Windows Services administration
> utility. I know of no method to delete the account. Microsoft’s
> Knowledge Base provided no help. Windows XP Professional contains a tool
> called Local Users and Groups (lusrmgr.msc) that allows the
> administrator to change any account’s password. Windows XP Home cannot
> run that program.
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> When I reinstall PostgreSQL, I am asked for the postgres account
> password. I know I could rename the postgres account name to postgres1
> or something else, but I don’t know if that will create any further
> issues for me. I could also upgrade the laptop’s OS to XP Pro in order
> to change the postgres account password, but that feels like using a
> sledgehammer to cut diamonds.
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> I certainly bear most of the blame. It would be too easy to bash
> Microsoft for this. I also wish that PostgreSQL’s installer did not
> auto-generate passwords that cannot be changed. None of what I went
> through was necessary.
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> If someone could tell me either how to delete the postgres account or
> change its password, I would appreciate the assistance.
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> Regards,
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> Hagop Hagopian
>
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