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From A. Kretschmer
Subject Re: Password as a command line argument to createuser
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Msg-id 20071219062816.GA27238@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to Password as a command line argument to createuser  ("Jane Ren" <j2ren@ucsd.edu>)
Responses Re: Password as a command line argument to createuser
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am  Tue, dem 18.12.2007, um 22:04:13 -0800 mailte Jane Ren folgendes:
> Hi,
>
> I need to write a script that creates a new user with a password
> automatically.
>
> Is there a way I can specify the password as a command line argument to
> createuser?

From a unix shell? You can call psql with -c "your command".

Try this:

psql -U ... database -c "create user foo password 'secret';"



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