Re: I need to know password for postgres

On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 21:31, Chad Thompson wrote:
> from a prompt type
> "passwd postgres" (no quotes)
>
> this will prompt you to change the password for postgres
...
> > The setup insructions are
> >
> > 1. login as postgres - which I can only do by su  and then su postgres.
> > 2. createdb - no problem
> > 3. launch gphotocoll as postgres.  I have to supply the password for
> > postgres and I don't know it.

No he doesn't need to change the Unix password for postgres; he had
already got access to that by using su.

If you really need a database password, do this:

    To get access to the database, edit pg_hba.conf, which is stored in
    the top-level data directory.  I don't know where its default
    location is on Red Hat.

    There should be a lot of explanatory comment in that file.  That
    should help you understand what it does.  Presumably the first line
    that matches the way gphotocoll is trying to access it is a line
    that specifies password or crypt.

    To set the database password for postgres, add this line at the top
    of pg_hba.conf:

      local all trust

    Connect to PostgreSQL with psql from the postgres Unix account:

      psql -d template1

    Change the postgres password:

      ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'this_is_my_password';

    Type Ctrl-D or \q to come out of psql

    Edit pg_hba.conf again and remove the trust line.

But I'm not sure you do need a password with the set up you described;
you said that createdb worked and you did not have to supply a password.
If you had universal password access control, createdb would have asked
you for a password.

Perhaps you should post the contents of your pg_hba.conf (without the
comments!).  It may be that you need to do something to allow a Unix
user who is not "postgres" to access the database as "postgres".  I
would also want to know why gphotocoll has to be user "postgres", since
this gives it administration rights over the whole database
installation.

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