Carolyn Lu Wong writes:
> Are there anywhere to configure so that whenever I call 'psql dbname',
> it'll always prompt for user authentication instead of getting into the
> database directly?
psql from 7.0 and later should automatically ask for a password if one is
required.
> In addition, I'd like to default various database settings when I
> connect to the database. Where is the place to do such configuration?
That depends on the nature of the various settings. You can put commands
into ~/.psqlrc that will be executed when psql starts up.
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