Password for postgres
Hi all,
I am using a postgres database, and want to set a password for the account. The default user name is 'postgres' and in order to set a password, I did an alter user as below,
alter user postgres with password 'mypwd';
The command goes through fine, but the next time I log into postgres using the command,
psql mydb postgres
it logs in, and doesnt ask me for a password at all. If I issue a command like,
psql mydb postgres mypwd
it says, extra argument!!! I have checked the pg_shadow table, and it looks like the password has been set. I also have a trust entry for the database server that I am accessing it through, in the pg_hba.conf file.
Any suggestions to get around this problem?
Thanks!
George
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The command goes through fine, but the next time I log into postgres using
the command,
psql mydb postgres
it logs in, and doesnt ask me for a password at all. If I issue a command
like,
This is because you have trust in pg_hba.conf file, change it to md5 so it
asks for password every time you log in :)
psql mydb postgres mypwd
That is not the correct way, just as i mentioned change it to md5 and now
when you do
psql -d mydb -U postgres
It will ask for a password.
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Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)
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On 3/8/07, George Heller <george.heller@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I am using a postgres database, and want to set a password for the
account. The default user name is 'postgres' and in order to set a password,
I did an alter user as below,alter user postgres with password 'mypwd';
The command goes through fine, but the next time I log into postgres using
the command,psql mydb postgres
it logs in, and doesnt ask me for a password at all. If I issue a command
like,psql mydb postgres mypwd
it says, extra argument!!! I have checked the pg_shadow table, and it
looks like the password has been set. I also have a trust entry for the
database server that I am accessing it through, in the pg_hba.conf file.Any suggestions to get around this problem?
Thanks!
George------------------------------
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