Re: password is no required, authentication is overridden - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Hammond
Subject Re: password is no required, authentication is overridden
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Msg-id 1153246832.374646.255200@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
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In response to Re: password is no required, authentication is overridden  (Thomas Bley <thbley@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: password is no required, authentication is overridden  (Thomas Bley <thbley@gmail.com>)
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> There is a pgpass file and it contians the password:
> D:\Documents and Settings\admin\Application Data\postgresql\pgpass.conf
>
> My installation is on: D:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.1\
>
> Maybe it got automatically created by pgadmin3 ?

I'll bet you're right.

> Looking into the documentation delivered with pg ("PostgreSQL and
> pgAdmin Help") there is a page about the pgpass file,
> but there is not hint to environment variable pgpassword or the
> pgpass-file on the page of pg_dump, maybe you can add it ?
> In the documentation page of psql there is a hint to the pgpass file.

That's a good idea. What do you think would be a good way to say it?

Drew



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