Re: pg_dump.. auto backup

Thanks for the reply,

I don't really understand this. How to put password in ~/.pgpass. What
changes do I need to do on the script? How do I access to the password
to authenticate?

I'm still new Linux. Hope to get more explanation and guidance.

Thanks.

Regards,
ganesh

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:37 AM
To: Rudi Starcevic
Cc: Ganesan Kanavathy; pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] pg_dump.. auto backup

Rudi Starcevic <rudi(at)oasis(dot)net(dot)au> writes:
> Ganesan Kanavathy wrote:
>> The problem I am facing is the when running the cronjob it is asking
>> for password.

> Just add:
> export PGPASSWORD=mypassword
> to your script.

A much better solution (assuming you are using a reasonably recent PG
release) is to put the needed password in ~/.pgpass, which can be set to
0600 permissions. PGPASSWORD is insecure on many platforms because
other people can see your environment variables.

regards, tom lane

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