PG_PASSWD(UNIX)

NAME
pg_passwd - manipulate the flat password file

SYNOPSIS
pg_passwd password_file

DESCRIPTION
Pg_passwd is a tool to manipulate the flat password file functionality of PostgreSQL. Specify the password file in the same style of Ident authentication in $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf:
	host  unv     133.65.96.250   255.255.255.255 password passwd
The above line allows access from 133.65.96.250 using the passwords listed in $PGDATA/passwd. The format of the password file follows those of /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. The first field is the user name, and the second field is the encrypted password. The rest is completely ignored. Thus the following three sample lines specify the same user and password pair:
	pg_guest:/nB7.w5Auq.BY:10031::::::
	pg_guest:/nB7.w5Auq.BY:93001:930::/home/guest:/bin/tcsh
	pg_guest:/nB7.w5Auq.BY:93001
Supply the password file to the pg_passwd command. In the case described above, after cd'ing to $PGDATA, the following command execution specify the new password for pg_guest:
	% pg_passwd passwd
	Username: pg_guest
	Password:
	Re-enter password:
where the Password: and Re-enter password: prompts require the same password input which are not displayed on the terminal. The original password file is renamed to passwd.bk.

Psql authentication uses the -u option. The following lines show the sample usage of the option:
	% psql -h hyalos -u unv
	Username: pg_guest
	Password:
	Welcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql monitor:
	  Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL
	   type \? for help on slash commands
	   type \q to quit
	   type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
	 You are currently connected to the database: unv
	unv=>
Perl5 authentication uses the new style of the Pg.pm like this:
	$conn = Pg::connectdb("host=hyalos authtype=password dbname=unv
	                       user=pg_guest password=xxxxxxx");
For more details, refer to src/pgsql_perl5/Pg.pm.

Pg{tcl,tk}sh authentication uses the pg_connect command with the -conninfo option thus:
	% set conn [pg_connect -conninfo \
	        "host=hyalos authtype=password dbname=unv \
	         user=pg_guest password=xxxxxxx "]
Use can list all of the keys for the option by executing the following command:
	% puts [ pg_conndefaults]

FILES

$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf
    The Host Based Authentication file

SEE ALSO
psql(1).