Re: Pass password in scripts?

Andrej:

You are right, running the script as root is
insecure.

This is a development machine so I just log in
and do everthing as root. It is convenient
since it is not a production machine and dedicated
to me.

Thanks,
Neil

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-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Andrej Ricnik-Bay
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 8:04 PM
To: Neil Aggarwal
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Pass password in scripts?

On 2/15/07, Neil Aggarwal <neil(at)jammconsulting(dot)com> wrote:

> There is no ~ directory for the db user.
That's easily fixed...

> The scripts run as root.
Bad idea?

> Should I put it in the home directory for root?

> Thanks,
> Neil
Cheers,
Andrej

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