debian cron.d and security

From: Loïc TREGOUËT <loic(at)ext(dot)cri74(dot)org>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: debian cron.d and security
Date: 2000-06-07 09:20:19
Message-ID: 393E13D3.379FFA27@ext.cri74.org
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Hello ,

I have the following problem :
- I use postgresql 6.5.3 on a debian
- >i want the maximun of security for my database
->so , i use a flat file for identification by password (is it the
maximum ?) :

local password passwd

->but the cron do.maintenance don't have the password , so he failed
-> It's said that i have tu put -u postgres -p <password> on
/etc/cron.d/posgresql

BUT i don't want to see any password in clear in a file even if root
only is able to read this file !

Is there a way to make this ?

thanks

loic(at)cri74(dot)org

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