Re: Changing password for the postgres user?

From: Bjørn T Johansen <btj(at)havleik(dot)no>
To: Gavin Love <gavin(at)aardvarkmedia(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Changing password for the postgres user?
Date: 2005-06-23 13:47:24
Message-ID: 42BABD6C.1020708@havleik.no
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Aaahh, of course.... I forgot about the trust settings I have there...

BTJ

Gavin Love wrote:
>
> Bjørn 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

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