Re: Changing user passwords

A question about the ALTER USER command I couldn't find in the
standard documentation:

- How do I assign an 'undefined' password?

ALTER USER nobody WITH PASSWORD "";

works, but doesn't assign an undefined password to nobody (like the
`pg_passwd nobody` command would do).

DROP USER nobody; CREATE USER nobody;

doesn't do the job either.

And why does the ALTER USER command operates on pg_shadow instead of
pg_passwd? (or is this configurable?)

rob.

-

"Nagy Laszlo Zsolt , KLTE TTK pm1" wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to change a user's password without using the pg_passwd
> > command?
> > For example, how does a user changes his password from the interactive
> > monitor?
>
> See the following commands:
>
> CREATE USER
> ALTER USER
> CREATE GROUP
> ALTER GROUP
>
> For example:
>
> ALTER USER user1 WITH PASSWORD 'password1';
>
> Please note thatuser passwords cannot be changed in a transaction. ( 7.0.2
> )
>
> Laci 1.0

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