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From: Albert Gostick <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Implications of resetting Postgres service in Windows
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:23:33 -0400
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)

We have Postgres 9.4 installed on Win2012.  It was installed by an
outside contractor years ago. 

I was asked to review and change all the passwords used in Postgres
(along with another product) and noticed that on this server, the
postgres service "postgresql-x64-9.4" runs under the "Network Service"
account and it has a password associated with it. 

I sort of think I can guess the password used by the developer, but I
cannot be sure. 

If I change this password, what are the implications: 

a) nothing - the password is only used to secure the service running 

or 

b) the password also needs to be changed somehow within the database
(using pgAdmin I assume - although I have not found a screen there to
change the superuser password). 

Any suggestions would be appreciated!  I just want to update the
passwords as per higher management but not knock out the server! 

Thanks.

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