Just disable password checking in pg_hba.conf. mad mentioned : => I have lost the superuser (user postgres) password, but I still have => the unix root password. Is there anything I can do to reset the => postgres user's password (short of reinstalling Postgres)? => => Obviously, I can su to unix user postgres, but this does not seem to => advance my cause, as doing "psql -U postgres" still prompts me for a => password, which is not the same as the unix postgres user's password. => => OS: RedHat 9 => => Help! => => Thanks, => Marc => => => ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- => TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? => => http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq => ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend