Re: Bug or not...

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: Nick Altmann <nick(at)luchshe(dot)net(dot)ru>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bug or not...
Date: 2003-06-01 18:53:52
Message-ID: 20030601185352.GA7789@wolff.to
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On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 11:10:56 +0400,
Nick Altmann <nick(at)luchshe(dot)net(dot)ru> wrote:
> Ok. I agree about psql. But how can I do pg_dump???

Please keep discussions on the list.

Ident authentication will work for pg_dump if it is supported by your OS.

I suspect that .pgpass will work with pg_dump (with 7.3.x), but don't
know for sure. It should be easy for you to try this yourself.

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruno Wolff III" <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
> To: "Nick Altmann" <nick(at)luchshe(dot)net(dot)ru>
> Cc: <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 9:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Bug or not...
>
>
> > On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 16:33:55 +0400,
> > Nick Altmann <nick(at)luchshe(dot)net(dot)ru> wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I think it's not bug, but difficulty.
> > >
> > > I cannot use trusted connections for my localhost. I use password. But
> psql, pg_dump, pg_restore doesn't support password parameter in command
> line. Also, i cannot do nightly backup if I don't use trusted connections.
> Cannot you add password command line parameter in psql and others?
> >
> > You can put passwords in a file. Putting them on the command line is a bad
> > idea anyway as the command line is visible to other users on many systems.
> > However you are probably better off using ident authentication.
> >
>

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