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Change Root Password

...if you don't know it.

The "root" or superuser for postgresql is the user that the server runs as. To set this password if it is unset:

$ psql -U postgres -d template1
template1=# alter user postgres with encrypted password 'yourpassword';
template1=# q

If the password is already set, you can't run psql. To temporarily grant password-less access:

Add this line in pg_hba.conf (for v7):

local all all trust

...for v8:

local all postgres 127.0.0.1/32 trust

...then restart postgres. Then run the psql line above. Then remove the line from pg_hba.conf, and restart postgres again.

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