Changing your password securely

If you are using password authentication, then you may wish to change your password from time to time.

How to do it…

The most basic method is to use psql. The \password command will prompt you once for a new password and again to confirm. Connect to psql and type the following:

\password

Enter a new password. This causes psql to send a SQL statement to the PostgreSQL server, which contains an already encrypted password string. An example of the SQL statement sent, is as follows:

ALTER USER postgres PASSWORD ' md53175bce1d3201d16594cebf9d7eb3f9d';

Whatever you do, don't use postgres as your password. This will make you vulnerable to idle hackers, so make it a little more difficult than that, please!

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