Re: chron scripts and pgsql

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ken Harris <kharris(at)lhinfo(dot)com>
Cc: Dennis Gearon <gearond(at)cvc(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: chron scripts and pgsql
Date: 2003-04-07 14:25:57
Message-ID: 27822.1049725557@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Ken Harris <kharris(at)lhinfo(dot)com> writes:
> If anyone has a better solution for the username/password, I would love to see
> it, but this works.

In 7.3 you can keep the passwords in a ~/.pgpass file. You generally do
NOT want to use PGPASSWORD, as on many platforms it is possible for
other people to look at your environment variables.

regards, tom lane

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