Thread: a really dumb password question

On 6/22/23 08:05, 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.

How are you connecting?:

1) No hostname

2) With hostname

> 
> 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.

Have you used the Postgres command line client 
psql(https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-psql.html)?

In meantime find the pg_hba.conf file for the server and post the 
contents starting at the line:

# TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD

here. Do this only if you are alright with sharing that information.

> 
> 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.

No you don't need to start over.

> 
> I’ll be grateful for advice.
> 
> Martin Muelleer
> 
> Professor emeritus of English and Classics
> 
> Northwestern Univerrsity
> 

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

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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.