Thread: PostgreSQL took over my login
All of a sudden my macbook pro force quit and when I restarted it it is run by user PostgreSQL user - i do not know the password and cannot change it. I cannot find out online how to fix this back. Any help would be much appreciated and also as soon as possible. Thank you. Erin
On 02/19/2013 07:04 PM, NiRE wrote: > All of a sudden my macbook pro force quit and when I restarted it it is > run by user PostgreSQL user - i do not know the password and cannot > change it. I cannot find out online how to fix this back. Any help would > be much appreciated and also as soon as possible. Thank you. Can't you just log out and then log in as you? > > Erin -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@gmail.com
On Feb 20, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@gmail.com> = wrote: > On 02/19/2013 07:04 PM, NiRE wrote: >> All of a sudden my macbook pro force quit and when I restarted it it = is >> run by user PostgreSQL user - i do not know the password and cannot >> change it. I cannot find out online how to fix this back. Any help = would >> be much appreciated and also as soon as possible. Thank you. >=20 > Can't you just log out and then log in as you? >>=20 >> Erin >=20 Try booting into "single user" mode or "safe" mode. Single user mode = will boot the machine as root. You can read us on the different boot = modes here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1533