Changing password for the postgres user?

Started by Bjørn T Johansenalmost 21 years ago4 messagesgeneral
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#1Bjørn T Johansen
btj@havleik.no

I am trying to change the password for the postgres user but it doesn't work... I
have tried changing it from pgAdmin, EMS PostgreSQL Manager, etc but whatever
password I set, I still can log in without using password.... (And it seems that no
sql code is run on the server)

What am i missing?

Regards,

BTJ

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#2Gavin Love
gavin@aardvarkmedia.co.uk
In reply to: Bjørn T Johansen (#1)
Re: Changing password for the postgres user?

Bj�rn T Johansen wrote:

I am trying to change the password for the postgres user but it doesn't work... I
have tried changing it from pgAdmin, EMS PostgreSQL Manager, etc but whatever
password I set, I still can log in without using password.... (And it seems that no
sql code is run on the server)

What am i missing?

Have you checked your pg_hba.conf ?

It will be set to trust most likely which means the user doesn't need a
password change it to crypt or password or md5 depending on your needs.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/client-authentication.html#EXAMPLE-PG-HBA.CONF

Gavin

#3Doug McNaught
doug@mcnaught.org
In reply to: Bjørn T Johansen (#1)
Re: Changing password for the postgres user?

Bjørn T Johansen <btj@havleik.no> writes:

I am trying to change the password for the postgres user but it
doesn't work... I have tried changing it from pgAdmin, EMS
PostgreSQL Manager, etc but whatever password I set, I still can log
in without using password.... (And it seems that no sql code is run
on the server)

What am i missing?

Editing pg_hba.conf?

-Doug

#4Bjørn T Johansen
btj@havleik.no
In reply to: Gavin Love (#2)
Re: Changing password for the postgres user?

Aaahh, of course.... I forgot about the trust settings I have there...

BTJ

Gavin Love wrote:

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Bj�rn T Johansen wrote:

I am trying to change the password for the postgres user but it
doesn't work... I
have tried changing it from pgAdmin, EMS PostgreSQL Manager, etc but
whatever
password I set, I still can log in without using password.... (And it
seems that no
sql code is run on the server)

What am i missing?

Have you checked your pg_hba.conf ?

It will be set to trust most likely which means the user doesn't need a
password change it to crypt or password or md5 depending on your needs.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/client-authentication.html#EXAMPLE-PG-HBA.CONF

Gavin