LKBEN11377: Howto change a postgresql password for a certain user
LKB | Created: 02/04/2020 | Version: 1 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False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.