问题
In Ubuntu, I installed PostgreSQL database and created a superuser for the server.
If I forgot the password of the postgresql superuser, how can I reset it (the password) for that user?
I tried uninstalling it and then installing it again but the previously created superuser is retained.
回答1:
Assuming you're the administrator of the machine, Ubuntu has granted you the right to sudo to run any command as any user.
Also assuming you did not restrict the rights in the pg_hba.conf file (in the /etc/postgresql/9.1/main directory), it should contain this line as the first rule:
# Database administrative login by Unix domain socket
local all postgres peer
(About the file location: 9.1 is the major postgres version and main the name of your "cluster". It will differ if using a newer version of postgres or non-default names. Use the pg_lsclusters command to obtain this information for your version/system).
Anyway, if the pg_hba.conf file does not have that line, edit the file, add it, and reload the service with sudo service postgresql reload.
Then you should be able to log in with psql as the postgres superuser with this shell command:
sudo -u postgres psql
Once inside psql, issue the SQL command:
ALTER USER postgres PASSWORD 'newpassword';
In this command, postgres is the name of a superuser. If the user whose password is forgotten was ritesh, the command would be:
ALTER USER ritesh PASSWORD 'newpassword';
References: PostgreSQL 9.1.13 Documentation, Chapter 19. Client Authentication
Keep in mind that you need to type postgres with a single S at the end
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14588212/resetting-password-of-postgresql-on-ubuntu