diff --git a/bigtop-deploy/puppet/modules/ranger/manifests/init.pp b/bigtop-deploy/puppet/modules/ranger/manifests/init.pp
index 7af0a035b7..6bca3b7b05 100644
--- a/bigtop-deploy/puppet/modules/ranger/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/bigtop-deploy/puppet/modules/ranger/manifests/init.pp
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 
     exec { 'change_postgres_password':
       path    => ['/usr/bin', '/bin','/sbin'],
-      command => "sudo -u postgres psql -c \"ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'admin';\"",
+      command => "psql -c \"ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'admin';\"",
+      user    => 'postgres',
       require => Service['postgresql'],
     }