LKBEN11377: Howto change a postgresql password for a certain user

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LKB | Created: 02/04/2020 | Version: 1 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False

Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Latest update: 01/01/2021 | Comment:

Symptom

You have postgres in use and need to change a password

Cause

none

Solution

To change the password for the user lubby you can use the following sql statement:
 

alter user lubby with password newpassword;



You user can now connect using the new password.

About the Author

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux in different European countries and different European languages. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform where he is one of the most important contributors and the main developer.

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