Re: What is a password for? - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: What is a password for?
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Msg-id 24683.1205732065@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: What is a password for?  (Weiwei Guo <wwguocn@gmail.com>)
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Weiwei Guo <wwguocn@gmail.com> writes:
> Yes, I set a password. I'm sure that I used the right password for
> 'postgres'. I can su to 'postgres' with it.

That would be your Unix password for the Unix account 'postgres'.
This has approximately zero to do with either the Postgres username
'postgres', or the Postgres password for that username.

            regards, tom lane

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