Re: pgAgent authentication problem

I would suggest you to put the parameters in the same order you can
find in pgpass.conf

I did like this(starting the service):
/usr/bin/pgagent hostaddr=127.0.0.1 dbname=xxxxxxxx user=xxxx -l 2 &

2006/11/30, Együd Csaba (Freemail) <csegyud(at)freemail(dot)hu>:
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>
> Hi ,
> I installed pgAdmin3 1.6 on WindowsXP SP2. The postgres 8.1.4 server is
> running on localhost (port=54814).
> I try to test pgAgent before I switch it to production.
>
> I realized that everithing works well when I put a password="xxx" into the
> connection string during service INSTALL.
> INSTALL command:
> pgagent INSTALL PgAgent -u postgres -p ABCD -l 2 hostaddr=127.0.0.1
> dbname=postgres user=postgres password="ZZZZZ" port=54814
>
> BUT
> When I try to use pgpass.conf the service reports this: "Couldn't create
> connection: fe_sendauth: no password supplied".
> (My pgpass.conf is in "C:\Documents and Settings\Csaba\Application
> Data\postgresql" folder.)
> it's contents:
> -------------------------------------------
> localhost:54814:*:postgres:ZZZZZ
> localhost:54814:*:Csaba:XXXXXX
> -------------------------------------------
>
> INSTALL comand:
> pgagent INSTALL PgAgent -u postgres -p ABCD -l 2 hostaddr=127.0.0.1
> dbname=postgres user=postgres port=54814
>
> It seems pgagent is not able to find pgpass.conf. BTW, PgAdmin uses it
> correctly.
> What could be the problem? A bug or more likely a misconfiguration?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> -- Csaba Együd
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