How to reset the postgres super user password on mac os x
- by Andrew Barinov
I installed postgres on my mac running 10.6.8 and I would like to reset the password for the postgres user (I believe this is the super user password) and then restart it.
All the directions I found do not work because I think my user name is not recognized by pg as having authority to change the password. (I am on the admin account of my mac)
Here is what I tried:
Larson-2:~ larson$ psql -U postgres
Password for user postgres:
psql (9.0.4, server 9.1.2)
WARNING: psql version 9.0, server version 9.1.
Some psql features might not work.
Type "help" for help.
postgres=# ALTER USER postgres with password 'mypassword'
postgres-# \q
and for restart I did:
Larson-2:~ larson$ su postgres -c 'pg_ctl -D /opt/local/var/db/postgresql84/defaultdb/ restart
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Which didn't work, as the password remained the same as it was before. Can someone provide directions for doing this and for making sure it's recognized by PG?
Update
I went ahead and edited the pg_hba.conf file located in /Library/PostgreSQL/9.1/data and set the settings as follows:
# TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD
# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all all trust
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
# IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 trust
However, like before, the password stayed the same after I changed it. I am not sure what further steps I can take from here.
