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- \password [ parameter>username ]>
+ \password [ "parameter">username ]>
- Changes the password of the specified user or by default the
- current user. This command prompts for the new password,
- encrypts it, and sends it to the server. This makes sure that
- the new password does not appear in the command history, the
- server log, or elsewhere in cleartext.
+ 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.