Re: does anyone know what to use in pg_hba.conf that will allow me to run cronjobs with pg_dump? - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 05:45:27PM +0000, Richard Huxton wrote:
> Jonathan Vanasco wrote:
> > i think i just need a METHOD for localhost only.
>
> You can either "trust" any connections from the local machine, or if
> that's too insecure use a .pgpass file.

If your database user has the same name as the user who is running the
cron job you could also use the "ident" authentication method.


  Sam