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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: Arbol One <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Password forgotten
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:27:00 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwa1n3qAsZOZ6bq+3gKYC=C_BEaiV9+E4_RE=swROV147Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, Arbol One <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello.
> In my Debian box, after entering this command to psql-16, *psql -h
> localhost -U postgres*
>
> psql-16 asks for the password, which I have forgotten.
> So I get this message:
>
>
>
> *psql: error: connection to server at "localhost" (::1), port 5432 failed:
> FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "postgres" connection to
> server at "localhost" (::1), port 5432 failed: FATAL:  password
> authentication failed for user "postgres" *
>
> Is there a way I can retrieve this master password?
>

Nope.  You need to login using a method that doesn’t require a password
then change the password.  See pg_hba.conf for authentication options.
Usually connecting via local and peer authentication is the default option.

David J.

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