From: Jerry Sievers <gsievers19@comcast.net>
To: sharon <sharon@erabyte.it>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Admin user issue: unable to login after changing password
References: <52EFA700.6020609@erabyte.it>
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:21:34 -0600
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sharon <sharon@erabyte.it> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'm using postgres 9.2 on windows 7. I've changed the password of
> postgres user with pgadmin but now i'm unable to log in.
> There are two users accounts but only one is the admin. The problem is
> that the postgres' user expire date is set in 1970, I can see this
> from the other account.
> Is possible to replace users with a configuration hack? Or is possible
> to install everything again without loosing database's data?
> Is there a way to solve this issue?

Fix your pg_hba.conf file to not require a password from the affected
user, reload it and then login and do a good pw reset and set
valid-until to infinity..


alter role postgres password 'good-pw' valid until 'infinity';

HTH

>
> Thank you
>
> Sharon

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