Re: psql - prompt for password

Hi Edwin

You can use \prompt for this reason, following is the example.
You first use the \prompt to get the password and store into a variable
You can then user CREATE USER Command and supply the variable used with
\prompt to provide the password.
I hope this helps.

=# \prompt 'Enter password for new user: ' new_user_password
Enter password for new user: test
# CREATE USER spongebob WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD :'new_user_password';
CREATE ROLE

Regards
Kashif Zeeshan
Bitnine Global

On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 1:07 PM Edwin UY <edwin(dot)uy(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is createuser the only one I can use to create a user where it prompts for
> a password? There is no alteruser though.
> I want to use psql and \prompt but am lost on how to use it.
> Basically just want to use it for running a psql script like for example -
> ALTER USER spongebob WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD ':newpassword';
>
> Regards,
> Ed
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