Re: Forgot Password

There is no way to reset the password without logging into the host
resetting the password  if there is no other superuser or other high
level role to login as..

If this is a Linux box sudo as postgres then psql  the default
configuration is trust Unix Sockets,  then can reset the password.
have to have sudo powers to become postgres...  have to have sudo powers to
modify the pg_hba.conf file  then reload the config..

sudo -iu postgres
psql
\password <username>

Windows this is bit harder,  best add localhost trust entry into the
pg_hba.conf  then reload the configuration

psql -h localhost -U postgres  -d postgres
\password <username>

Hope this helps

Thanks
Justin


On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de> wrote:

> On 2025-Sep-11, Laura Briones wrote:
>
> > [image: image.png]
> > Hi, How do I reset this password? The data file is not on my computer so
> I
> > can't go into  pg_hba.conf to reset.
>
> I don't know of any way to reset that password without logging in to the
> computer that hosts the service.
>
> --
> Álvaro Herrera        Breisgau, Deutschland  —
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> un paso más allá de la lógica" (Irulan)
>
>
>