pg_dump still requires password - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Ganesan Kanavathy
Subject pg_dump still requires password
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Msg-id 002901c3a91a$a696a440$1300a8c0@headquarters.mq.com
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I want to do auto backup for pg with cronjob. The problem is it equesting for password.

 

I have tried with pgpass but still it does not work. I created the pgpass as per below:

 

echo your_host:5432:your_user:your_db:your_pass > ~/.pgpass bash$ chmod 600 ~/.pgpass

 

My cronjob entry is as below:

 

/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_dump --no-owner  -d helpdesk -U ganesh > /www/htdocs/sg/backup/helpdesk.dump

 

When I issue the command it is asking for passwd which I cannot used for cronjob to run at midnight.  

 

Please help. How I do solve this problem.

 

I have posted this earlier the suggestion was to use pgpass but that does not help. What other way can I achive this.

 

Regards,

Ganesan

 

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