Re: psql and passwords - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Doug McNaught
Subject Re: psql and passwords
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Msg-id m3sn5wsr4l.fsf@varsoon.wireboard.com
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In response to Re: psql and passwords  ("Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk>)
Responses Re: psql and passwords  (Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>)
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"Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk> writes:

> I don't know when the change was made but it never worked for me,
> and I'm sure that included 7.0.2 if not 6.5.1
>
> Anyway, the solution is to set PGPASSWORD in the evironment. Once I
> remembered about that it all became so much easier.

Note that this is potentially insecure as some systems expose your
environment to other users.

-Doug
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