On 6/22/23 10:05, Martin Mueller wrote:
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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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