Re: PG_DUMP without asking password

Hm, depends on how the security settings of the database are set. For local
users you could set in the pg_hba.conf ident as authentication method. Then
they won't need a password anymore.
See the pg_hba.conf documentation for more infos.
Another way could be to execute the dump script under a privileged user. For
my machines here, the user postgres can dump all databases without entering
a password.
If you backup your database via a cron job started by root, you can simply
do a su postgres -c ... to run the backupjob under user postgres.

-- Matthias

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Alain Roger
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 1:32 PM
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [GENERAL] PG_DUMP without asking password

Hi,

is there a way to backup the database thanks a command script, without
postgresql requesting the user password ?

thanks a lot,

Alain