Re: Why can't I change a password

On 16/01/2011 20:56, Steve Litt wrote:
> Thanks Dmitriy,
>
> It turns out the solution I used was to su to postgres in Linux, and then run
> the command psql without arguments, at which time I could have my way with any
> object.
>
> More in my responses to you...
>
> On Sunday 16 January 2011 06:21:28 Dmitriy Igrishin wrote:
>> Hey Steve,
>>
>> 2011/1/16 Steve Litt<slitt@troubleshooters.com>
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've somehow messed up something.
>>>
>>> psql super
>>
>> psql's synopsis is
>>         psql [option...] [dbname [username]]
>> Thus, the call "psql super" connects psql to a database
>> "super" but since username unspecified it is connected
>> with current Unix user (which is returned by whois(1)).
>>
>> So, you should call psql like that
>>    psql super super
> slitt@mydesk:~$ psql super super
> psql: FATAL:  Ident authentication failed for user "super"
> slitt@mydesk:~$ psql postgres postgres
> psql: FATAL:  Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"
> slitt@mydesk:~$

If you have configured PG to listen on a TCP/IP port (5432 by default),
you can also do:

   psql -U postgres -h localhost super

Ray.


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