Thread: passwords and pg_dump

passwords and pg_dump

From

"jeff seaman"

Date:

15 August 2000, 13:28:32

Hello,

I am using password authentication for my db connections.  My question is is
there a way to pass pg_dump a password.  It fails because it can't get by
the authentication process.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Jeff Seaman

Re: passwords and pg_dump

From

Philip Warner

Date:

15 August 2000, 14:59:16

At 10:27 15/08/00 -0400, jeff seaman wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am using password authentication for my db connections.  My question is is
>there a way to pass pg_dump a password.  It fails because it can't get by
>the authentication process.

Try pg_dump -? or pg_dump -u


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