[Jeff Kowalczyk] > I made a dumb mistake, and forgot to write down the autogenerated > administrator password when I first started the Postgres database on > RedHat 7.3. I'm having a hard time finding information on how to do this > online, and it's a tricky term to search the archives for, as well. > > I don't have any data I need to save (obviously), so how do I nuke the > data and configuration (particularly the admin user) created during the > initialization startup script? I don't want to go randomly deleting > postgres' .conf files when I don't know what I'm looking for.
You could delete the primary database cluster, which I think is typically stored here: /usr/local/pgsql/data/ You might want to just move it. Then try using initdb to create a new primary database cluster. I'm fairly new to PostgreSQL, so there may be a more subtle approach I'm not thinking of. Cheers, // mark - ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
