Re: Password as a command line argument to createuser

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Password as a command line argument to createuser
Date: 2007-12-19 06:28:16
Message-ID: 20071219062816.GA27238@a-kretschmer.de
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am Tue, dem 18.12.2007, um 22:04:13 -0800 mailte Jane Ren folgendes:
> Hi,
>
> I need to write a script that creates a new user with a password
> automatically.
>
> Is there a way I can specify the password as a command line argument to
> createuser?

From a unix shell? You can call psql with -c "your command".

Try this:

psql -U ... database -c "create user foo password 'secret';"

Regards, Andreas
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