Andre Majorel wrote:
> Is there a way to have psql bypass authentication as joe if the
> system user running psql is postgres, the way su doesn't ask for
> password if you are root ?
>
> sudo -u postgres psql -l # psql doesn't ask for a password
> sudo -u postgres psql -u joe -l # psql asks for joe's password
>
> joe is just a PostgreSQL role with no system counterpart so the
> "local all all ident sameuser" catch-all in pg_hba.conf is of no
> help here.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
In the home directory of user postgres create a .pgpass file
localhost:*:*:joe:joepswd
