On the VCSA you may want to switch to the postgres user to run some postgres commands it may be locked out. The commands below show how to make this user available
To enable the su to the postgres user, edit the /etc/passwd file and change the postgres user path from /bin/false to /bin/bash.
the vc password is also stored on .pgpass
YvCenter:~ # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/9.3/bin/psql -d VCDB vc
psql.bin: FATAL: password authentication failed for user “vc”
password retrieved from file “/root/.pgpass”
psql.bin: FATAL: password authentication failed for user “vc”
password retrieved from file “/root/.pgpass”
Copy password from /etc/vmware-vpx/vcdb.properties
into
vi /root/.pgpass
localhost:5432:VCDB:postgres:TNFrM>Q1$z999<V4
localhost:5432:postgres:postgres:TNFrM>Q1$99p<V4
localhost:5432:VCDB:vc:TNFrM>Q1$z999V4
~
localhost:5432:postgres:postgres:TNFrM>Q1$99p<V4
localhost:5432:VCDB:vc:TNFrM>Q1$z999V4
~
