Mac Postgres Password
The OSX username PostgreSQL is used to run postgresql's postmaster process with limited access to the system. Postgres is the database superuser name created by the one click installer. The server doesn't listen message is a bit weird because password validation happens only after a connection is established so I would have expected you to get.
Trying to connect to postgresql on MAC OS (psql -U postgres), I receive: FATAL: password authentication failed for user 'postgres' And I cant change password. In pghba.conf: local all. Note: test is the name of your postgres user. If you want to connect to the postgres database programmatically you must create a password following step 5. The connection string for the above database will be postgres://test:your-new-password@localhost:5432/test. For Mac, what would change is the method of installing postgres. Once successful, proceed with changing the password. Changing the Password. With a connection now established to Postgres at the psql prompt, issue the ALTER USER command to change the password for the postgres user.
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In this post, I am sharing few steps for recovering the forgot password of postgres user (admin user) of PostgreSQL.
Yesterday, I was checking few forums of PostgreSQL and found that few DBAs forgot their password after installation of PostgreSQL.
The postgres user is a superuser of PostgreSQL, and it is a default user also. While installing PostgreSQL, you have to set the password of postgres user, and if you forget the password, you can’t do any operation like create first DB or create first DB User.
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How to recover forgotten password of PostgreSQL?
Edit pg_hba.conf file:
Change below line for MD5 to TRUST
Restart the PostgreSQL Server:
Connect the PostgreSQL:
Change the password of postgres user:
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Last, rollback the change in pg_hba.conf file and restart the PostgreSQL Server: