\password

Changes the password of the specified user (by default, the current user). This command prompts for the new password, encrypts it, and sends it to the server as an ALTER ROLE command. This makes sure that the new password does not appear in cleartext in the command history, the server log, or elsewhere.

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Client: psql 18.7
Case-sensitive spelling: \password
command: \password
manual path: app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-META-COMMAND-PASSWORD
modifiers: Unknown
signature: \password [ username ]
spellings: \password

Definition PG 18

\password [ username ]: Changes the password of the specified user (by default, the current user). This command prompts for the new password, encrypts it, and sends it to the server as an ALTER ROLE command. This makes sure that the new password does not appear in cleartext in the command history, the server log, or elsewhere.

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\password

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Command	Documented suffix modifiers
\password	None listed in this signature

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