unattended backups - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Andrew C. Uselton
Subject unattended backups
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Msg-id 1188245926.3864.6.camel@localhost.localdomain
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Responses Re: unattended backups  (Alan Hodgson <ahodgson@simkin.ca>)
List pgsql-novice
Greetings pgsql gurus,
  I have a pgsql database that uses md5 passwords.  When I want to back
it up the "pg_dumpall >dump_file" command prompts for the administrative
password, evidently via stderr.  I'd like to stick a "pg_dumpall" in a
cron job, and supply it with the password.  I don't mind having the
administrative password somewhere readable by root, but I am stumped how
to carry this out.  Has anyone been down this road ahead of me and found
an answer? (other than "abandon hope ...")
cheers,
Andrew


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