Re: Restore

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bob Pawley <rjpawley(at)shaw(dot)ca>
Cc: bricklen <bricklen(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Restore
Date: 2010-12-25 00:57:38
Message-ID: AANLkTin2YD2+_aAGvoAK_YJf0TRxSk9Q49Ay-tpOpR46@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Bob Pawley <rjpawley(at)shaw(dot)ca> wrote:
> I have tried this a number of times -
> psql –U postgres PDW < PDW_June_10.sql. (with and without spaces between U &
> postgres and/or < and PDW_June)
>
> Sometimes I am asked for a postgres password, once I was asked for the PDW
> password (this makes sense and which I did enter).
>
> When I entered the password it either said password failed or it simply went
> back to the root command.

Keep in mind, the password set for the unix account is NOT related to
the password set for a user in postgresql with alter user password =
'mypassword';.

If you are entering a unix password for a pg account that hasn't had
the pw set, then it's not going to work. They're not related at all.

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