Re: BUG #5211: invalid password - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: BUG #5211: invalid password
Date
Msg-id 603c8f070911251232u2a387475y592f88a7ed5d7d59@mail.gmail.com
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In response to BUG #5211: invalid password  ("lee brown" <lee_brown2@msn.com>)
List pgsql-bugs
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 6:04 AM, lee brown <lee_brown2@msn.com> wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: =A0 =A0 =A05211
> Logged by: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0lee brown
> Email address: =A0 =A0 =A0lee_brown2@msn.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.3
> Operating system: =A0 vista
> Description: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0invalid password
> Details:
>
> i accidentally let computer generate password at"initialize database
> cluster"stage of installation.is there any way of undoing this error?

This is not a bug.  For usage questions, please try pgsql-general or
pgsql-novice.

That having been said, you can just change your password.  If you are
locked out of the database, you can get back in by changing your
authentication method to "trust" in pg_hba.conf.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/auth-pg-hba-conf.html

...Robert

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