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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Feature request - pg_dump - -W specify pwd in command line
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Msg-id 2221.1285273186@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Feature request - pg_dump - -W specify pwd in command line  ("Carl Holliday" <skysnake@wonderland.co.za>)
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"Carl Holliday" <skysnake@wonderland.co.za> writes:
> I need to be able to put pwds in the command line to facilitate
> non-supervised backups etc

We intentionally do not allow passwords on the command line, because
putting them there is a huge security hole.  Use a ~/.pgpass file
instead.  See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/libpq-pgpass.html

            regards, tom lane

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