Re: hardcode password in connect string

From: Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
To: Ricardo Martin Gomez <rimartingomez(at)hotmail(dot)com>, James Keener <jim(at)jimkeener(dot)com>, David Gauthier <davegauthierpg(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: hardcode password in connect string
Date: 2018-04-15 15:16:16
Message-ID: e0fef727-a920-a929-be64-9519eb07ece7@iol.ie
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On 15/04/18 12:35, Ricardo Martin Gomez wrote:
> Hello David,
> I think so, the parameter you need in psql command is -w mipassword.

Sorry, this is not correct. -w causes psql *never* to prompt for a
password, and -W forces a password prompt. Neither allows the password
to be passed as an argument - I don't think that this is possible with psql.

Details here:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/app-psql.html

Ray.

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Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
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