Re: Postgresql allow connections without password [SOLVED]

Thanks raymond, you were right, i never think that psql was using .pgpass
file. When a delete it psql ask me for the password.
THANKS I’ll never figure that out.

2012/1/13 Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>

> On 12/01/2012 05:16, debian nick wrote:
> > I have postgresql 8.4.9 installed now, my problem is that from time to
> > time my postgresql let psql version 8.4.9 access the database without
> > asking for password (psql -d mydatabase -h myhost -U myuser), and the
> > connection attempts from psql 8.3 are not allowed no matter what i got
> > time out exceptions from psql 8.3.
> > The first time that happen to my i have installed postgresql 8.3, so i
> > think that because i upgrade my system and not postgres (i upgrade from
> > debian lenny (5) to squeeze (6)) that was the problem, so i installed
> > 8.4.9 and with pg_dumpall i restore all my databases. And the problem
> > was solved. Postgresql ask for passwords no matter from where i try to
> > connect.
> > And now a month later i have the same problem with 8.4.9. After various
> > restart, stop and start the problem disappear, and 3 hours later it came
> > back.
>
> Do you have pgAdmin on the same (client) machine? pgAdmin stores
> passwords in the .pgpass file (though it asks you first, and also warns
> about clear-text password) which could possibly explain this
> intermittent behaviour.
>
> Ray.
>
>
> --
> Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
> rod(at)iol(dot)ie
>