From: | Mark Fenbers <Mark(dot)Fenbers(at)noaa(dot)gov> |
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To: | PostgreSQL - SQL <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | drop PW |
Date: | 2009-06-13 20:51:20 |
Message-ID: | 4A341148.3040102@noaa.gov |
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I have created a new 8.3 version DB and populated it. A specific user
of this database (george) has been setup with a password, so that every
time I use psql or some other utility, I need to supply this password.
So I want to drop the password authentication. I tried rerunning
createuser (and just pressing Enter when prompted for the new password),
but it complains that the user already exists. I can't drop the user
because this user owns the DB and all the tables. My postgresql books
are all for 7.x, and suggests altering the pg_shadow table (which seems
risky to me). I tried:
ALTER USER george PASSWORD '';
and that looked like it succeeded, but running psql again prompted me
and when I just hit Enter, it complained that no password was supplied.
So how do I turn off being prompted for a password for george. (I am
aware of the security risks...)
Mark
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