Re: Ugh...createlang won't prompt for password

From: John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>
To: "Steve - DND" <postgres(at)digitalnothing(dot)com>
Cc: postgres-win32 <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Ugh...createlang won't prompt for password
Date: 2005-04-19 23:39:27
Message-ID: 4482CF76-B12C-11D9-B27F-000A95B03262@pgedit.com
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On Apr 19, 2005, at 7:28 PM, Steve - DND wrote:

>>
>> Is it possible that createlang is getting a (wrong) password from
>> someplace? Say, a PGPASSWORD environment setting, or a .pgpass
>> config file.
>
> I can't find any PGPASSWORD environment variable, nor could I find a
> .pgpass
> config file. Where would the config file be located? in data/?
>
> Would it be possible to use such a file for a temporary fix? If so,
> what is
> the format of the file?

You can use the pgpass file to avoid any password prompting. The
details are here:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/libpq-pgpass.html

John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL

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