Re: Authentication problem - password and authentication for user postgres is failing.

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 05:50:16PM -0400, Carol Walter wrote:
> Hello... and thank you for your help!
>
> I can't be the only one to whom this has happened.  I just set up
> a new postgreSQL server on a Mac that is running OS 10.6.8.  I was
> using an image that I downloaded from EnterpriseDB.  I ran the set
> up and all was well, I thought, so I tried to start psql.  It gave
> me all the prompts and when I put in the user postgres, it prompted
> for the password.  When I put in the password, it told me that the
> authentication failed.  I know what I intended the password to be and
> I have typed every permutation of that password I can think of and
> nothing works.  The only think that I can think is that I somehow "fat
> fingered" the password and I don't have a ghost of a chance to figure
> out what it is now.  Is there a way that I can reset the password?
> I had the same result when I tried to connect to the database using
> pgAdmin.
>
> Actually, I don't even know if Postgres started.

You can modify pg_hba.conf, change md5 to trust, bounce the server or do
pg_ctl reload, and you should be able to log in without a password and
change it.

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