Re: problems with permissions

On 04/25/2014 07:11 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
> All,
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> Having a problem dumping a database using pg_dump. This is Mac OS 10.9.2 and postgres 8.3. I'm using md5 for authentication, and have the appropriate .pgpass file with u=rw permissions in the user's home directory. I can access my database, called radiovision, using psql -U radiovision. I think that means the authentication is working properly (i.e. postgres does not ask for a password for radiovision or give me any authentication errors). However, when I try to create a backup using pg_dump -C radiovision, I am prompted for a password to which I respond with radiovision's password. I then get the error:
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> connection to database "radiovision" failed: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "DrRudner".
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> Why is postgres asking for a password for DrRudner? This is the mac username of the user currently logged in, and also the user that installed postgres initially.

Because in the absence of the -U argument Postgres will use the default
user, which is the logged in user. Per Johns post use -U to eliminate
the guesswork:)

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> Any help is much appreciated!!
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> Regards,
> Eric
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