this is an english list, you can write in spanish at pgsql-es-ayuda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2008/2/21 Wolfgang Rodriguez <mayckmarck@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > Saludos a todos. > > Se me presenta el siguiente problema: olvidé y extravié la clave o password > del usuario postgres y no puedo accesar las distintas bases de datos. > > Por favor, alguien sabe cómo podría recuperar esta clave o password? > Me han dicho que si vuelvo a instalar la aplicación, es decir, el manejador > de postgres, puedo perder toda la información de las bases de datos. > is this the password for the OS user "postgres" or the DB role "postgres"? if the former you tell that to your sysadmin in order to him to reset it... then change the pg_hba.conf file and put trust as the method authorization for local access or maybe sameuser then reset it with ALTER ROLE of course, you need access to the machine... -- Atentamente, Jaime Casanova "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." Richard Cook ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match