| From: | Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: storing passwords |
| Date: | 2008-11-05 18:28:20 |
| Message-ID: | 4F5DF6BC-B0A1-4081-9472-530EE720A023@blighty.com |
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On Nov 5, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Laurent Wandrebeck wrote:
> 2008/11/5 Brandon Metcalf <bmetcalf(at)nortel(dot)com>:
>> We have a number of automated jobs that connect to our pgsql DB and
>> I'm wondering what others are doing for authentication and securing
>> passwords. It's easy enough to hardcode a password, but is there
>> something specific to pgsql, perhaps, that would be a better
>> solution?
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/libpq-pgpass.html may
> do the trick.
ident authentication can be a good alternative for scheduled jobs
running
on the same machine as the database too.
Cheers,
Steve
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