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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: How to mask password when using ALTER USER syntax in psql.
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Msg-id 6517.1252609408@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: How to mask password when using ALTER USER syntax in psql.  (Lewis Kapell <lkapell@setonhome.org>)
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Lewis Kapell <lkapell@setonhome.org> writes:
> ... psql contains a command \password that can be used
> to safely change a role's password.

FWIW, all that's doing is pre-encrypting the password and sending
ALTER ROLE WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '...';

            regards, tom lane

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