Re: postgres authentication

acchung@mit.edu wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I changed my pg_hba.conf file so that I am authenticating using
> md5 from passwdfile which is a file i created to hold my passwords.
> I didn't add postgres onto that file but when I type psql template1
> under postgres, it prompts me for my password.  i type it in
> and it gives me
>
>  psql: FATAL 1:  Password authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
>  I only have one password for postgres which I used perfectly fine
> to log into linux.  I also use the same password to switch between
>  postgres and other non-root users in the bash shell.  i tried adding postgres
> into the passwdfile file but to no avail.  How do I correct this
>  password bug for postgres so that  I can do stuff as a superuser?
> HELP!

That file is used for secondary passwords.  It is going away in 7.3 so I
suggest using ALTER USER PASSWORD to set the password for the user in
the pg_shadow table.

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