Re: using vacuumdb in crontab - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Raquel Vieira
Subject Re: using vacuumdb in crontab
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Msg-id 03111909345200.01002@rvieira
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In response to using vacuumdb in crontab  (Cris Carampa <cris119@operamail.com>)
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I'm using the command vaccumdb like this:

su - postgres -c "vacuumdb AgenteSIP"

I don't need to introduce the password for postgres.

I think thos is all you need.

Raquel Vieira



On Monday 17 November 2003 10:53 am, Cris Carampa wrote:
> Sorry if this is a naive question. I'm using postgresql 7.2 on Linux
> with password authentication. I wish to issue a vaccumdb command every
> night via crontab. The problem is that vacuumdb always prompts for a
> password. How can I pass the password to vacuumdb without having to
> manually type it?
>
> Kind regards,

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