Re: psql - prompt for password - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Holger Jakobs
Subject Re: psql - prompt for password
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Msg-id b233fdfe-a3ca-f5a2-cee4-2bf9ad5d6376@jakobs.com
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In response to psql - prompt for password  (Edwin UY <edwin.uy@gmail.com>)
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Am 30.05.24 um 10:07 schrieb Edwin UY:
> Hi,
>
> Is createuser the only one I can use to create a user where it prompts 
> for a password? There is no alteruser though.
> I want to use psql and \prompt but am lost on how to use it.
> Basically just want to use it for running a psql script like for 
> example - ALTER USER spongebob WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD ':newpassword';
>
> Regards,
> Ed
>
>
You can feed a command into psql for that.

Example:

echo "alter user spongebob password 'secret2'" | psql

Add arguments for psql, like -U -d -h -p as needed.

Regards,

Holger

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