Re: Pg_dump and password

Achilleas Mantzios написа:
> Στις Friday 08 February 2008 10:04:46 ο/η Pleyer, Walter έγραψε:
>> Hi Folks!
>>
>> Is it possible to  call pg_dump not only with -U username but also with the user's password?
> No, you should use the PGPASSWORD env variable.
>> Walter

Actually the recommended method for passing a password to a libpq-linked
programme is by using the .pgpass file
(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/libpq-envars.html and
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/libpq-pgpass.html).


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