Re: how to vacuum from cron?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

> John Madden <weez@freelists.org> writes:
> > I guess the subject says it all -- what's the easiest way to do a vacuum
> > (say, nightly) if you're not allowing "trust" from local unix sockets?
> > (Counting out, of course, putting a password in any files...)
>
> Perhaps do it across a local TCP connection and use ident to verify?

And if you think this is somehow more secure than trusting Unix
sockets, I have a bridge to sell you...  ;)

-Doug (who wants to hack RSA authentication into Postgres now)