use the utility pg_passwd. The argument is the file that will hold the passwords
$pg_passwd passfile
Username:postgres
New password:
Re-enter new password:
-----Original Message-----
From: Web Administrator [mailto:webadmin@ucsd-pps.ucsd.edu]
Sent: quarta-feira, 3 de abril de 2002 14:07
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Cc: Jin, Hong
Subject: [ADMIN] How to create a user with password
Hi, all:
In the file of pg_hba.conf, I give the following parameter:
TYPE DATABASE IP_ADDRESS MASK
AUTH_TYPE AUTH_ARGUMENT
Local all
password
host all 127.122.122.0 255.255.255.0
password
Now look what I got:
$su postgres
bash$psql template1
$password
What is the password for user 'postgres' ? How can I
create one for this user?
bash$createuser dbadmin
Shall the new user be allowed to create database?(y/n) y
Shall the new user be allowed to create more new user? (y/n) y
password: 'dbadminpassword'
FATAL 1: password authentication failed for user "postgres"
Createuser: creation of user 'dbadmin' failed
If I change the config setting to
Local all trust
I can login to template1 database and create users and
databases, but I fail to give a password to a user. Look:
$su postgres
bash$createuser dbadmin with password 'dbpassword'
Now it seems the 'dbpasswod' became the created user.
Anybody knows how to create password for 'postgres' ? How to
create a user with password?
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Hong Jin
h1jin@ucsd.edu