Re: Postgres jobs will not automatically login on Mac OSX - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Postgres jobs will not automatically login on Mac OSX
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Msg-id 7447.1385062922@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Postgres jobs will not automatically login on Mac OSX  (Patrick Lademan <mjfrog14@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Postgres jobs will not automatically login on Mac OSX  (Patrick Lademan <mjfrog14@gmail.com>)
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Patrick Lademan <mjfrog14@gmail.com> writes:
> I forgot to mention...  for testing purposes, I chmod 777 .pgpass
> Since everyone can read the file, postgres should be able to read it too.

Well, that's pretty silly.  You might as well use TRUST mode for local
connections.  Anyway, postgres will not consult a .pgpass file that has
such loose permissions.  This is not a bug, it's entirely intentional.

            regards, tom lane

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