Re: How to create a user with password

Also you need to specify the file name of password file in AUTH_ARGUMENT
parameter in pg_hba.conf file.

TYPE   DATABASE        IP_ADDRESS              MASK
  AUTH_TYPE              AUTH_ARGUMENT
  Local  all
  password               passfile




> 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?
>
>  --------------------------------------------
>  Hong Jin
>  h1jin@ucsd.edu


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