Re: Can't log in after password change

On Thu, 2024-10-03 at 13:21 -0400, Ron Johnson wrote:
> PG 14.13
>
> Changed a user's expired password from user "postgres", and now that user can't log in.
>
> I know it's something simple, but I just can't see it.
>
> Linux server:
>
> $ ssh -q FISPCDSPGS401A grep 11026270 '$PGDATA'/pg_hba.conf
> host    all             11026270        10.176.64.0/22              scram-sha-256
>
> $ psql -h FISPCDSPGS401A
>  keyword  |     value    
> ----------+---------------
>  database | postgres
>  user     | postgres
>  host     | 10.143.170.55
>  port     | 5432
> (4 rows)
>
> psql (16.4, server 14.13)
> Type "help" for help.
>
> postgres=# ALTER ROLE "11026270" WITH PASSWORD 'blarge';
> ALTER ROLE
> postgres=# select rolpassword from pg_authid where rolname='11026270';
>                                                               rolpassword                                            
                 
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
 SCRAM-SHA-256$4096:x551tt4biKIvossG7VwbjA==$syOJXKLOFZ8/LHUxHq8rE5q5dCEDNzB5wgOAHq1vmdI=:q670pqidak6v8YjP9KCCWrRmfkkJSvyf/AL0Ydg1k/o=
> (1 row)
>
> Windows server:
>
> C:\Users\11026270>psql -h FISPCDSPGS401A postgres
> Password for user 11026270:
> psql: error: connection to server at "FISPCDSPGS401A" (10.143.170.55), port 5432 failed: FATAL:  password
authenticationfailed for user "11026270" 

Did you look at the error message in the server log?
What does it say?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe