On Thursday 24 April 2003 04:59 pm, Tom Lane wrote:
> Doug Silver <dsilver(at)urchin(dot)com> writes:
> > I've searched around but didn't see this answered (at least in the first
> > 100 answers!). If the postgres user has a password (in Postgres, not the
> > system) *and* the hba_conf file does not trust the 127.0.0.1 host but
> > requires a password, how can you start up Postgresql?
>
> The postmaster doesn't need a password to start. If it can access the
> data directory it figures you're authorized to start it.
>
> regards, tom lane
Ah, found the culprit in the supplied startup script -- it was using "-w" on
startup which caused it to prompt for the password.
Thanks!
-doug