Re: about "pg_dump " without pompt password - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: about "pg_dump " without pompt password
Date
Msg-id 25940.1096580890@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to about "pg_dump " without pompt password  (Ying Lu <ying_lu@cs.concordia.ca>)
Responses Re: about "pg_dump " without pompt password  (David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com>)
List pgsql-general
Ying Lu <ying_lu@cs.concordia.ca> writes:
> Is it possible that we setup the password in the pg_dump command line

You might as well put it on a billboard --- anything in the command line
can be seen by anyone who runs "ps".

If you don't want to supply it manually, put it in ~/.pgpass.

            regards, tom lane

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