From: | Jeff Frost <jeff(at)frostconsultingllc(dot)com> |
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To: | Tena Sakai <tsakai(at)gallo(dot)ucsf(dot)edu> |
Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: trouble with pg_dumpall |
Date: | 2008-02-28 02:59:59 |
Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.64.0802271856370.14059@discord.home.frostconsultingllc.com |
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Tena Sakai wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Thanks for your reply, but I think you might
> have missed an earlier thread. I am afraid
> I have tried what you suggest. Below's my
> previous post.
>
>
> filename=`date +%G%m%d.%w`.gz
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_dumpall > $filename
>
> Here's what I get back as output is:
>
> Password:
> pg_dumpall: could not connect to database "template1": fe_sendauth: no password supplied
>
> This is not what happened on 8.2.4. I read 8.3.0 man
> page on pg_dumpall. Here's what it told me:
>
> The file .pgpass in a user's home directory or the file referenced
> by PGPASSFILE can contain passwords to be used if the connection
> requires a password (and no password has been specified otherwise).
>
> I have .pgpass in /usr/local/pgsql and when I type
> psql dbname
> It lets me in without asking the password. So I don't
> understand why I get what I get: fe_sendauth: no password supplied
>
Please reply-all and don't top-post. :-)
I bet the $HOME environment variable isn't being set by your cron
implementation. Is this gentoo perhaps? Try putting an echo $HOME in your
script and see if it's defined.
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