Обсуждение: pg_dump still requires password
I want to do auto backup for pg with cronjob. The problem is it equesting for password.
I have tried with pgpass but still it does not work. I created the pgpass as per below:
echo your_host:5432:your_user:your_db:your_pass > ~/.pgpass bash$ chmod 600 ~/.pgpass
My cronjob entry is as below:
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_dump --no-owner -d helpdesk -U ganesh > /www/htdocs/sg/backup/helpdesk.dump
When I issue the command it is asking for passwd which I cannot used for cronjob to run at midnight.
Please help. How I do solve this problem.
I have posted this earlier the suggestion was to use pgpass but that does not help. What other way can I achive this.
Regards,
Ganesan
> When I issue the command it is asking for passwd which I cannot used for > cronjob to run at midnight. Execute the task as user postgres (crontab for postgres, not root) and modify pg_hba.conf to permit access in trust mode (without asking for password) e.g : local all postgres trust You can subtitute postgres for the user you need and the database too (if the dump is not pg_dumpall) > > > > Please help. How I do solve this problem. > > > > I have posted this earlier the suggestion was to use pgpass but that > does not help. What other way can I achive this. > > > > Regards, > > Ganesan > > > -- ******************************************************** Daniel Rubio Rodríguez OASI (Organisme Autònom Per la Societat de la Informació) c/ Assalt, 12 43003 - Tarragona Tef.: 977.244.007 - Fax: 977.224.517 e-mail: drubio@oasi.org ********************************************************
> I have tried with pgpass but still it do > es not work. I created the pgpass as per below: > Version? ~/.pgpass is supported since 7.3. Two more solutions are: 1) Set PGPASSWORD variable to avoid pg_dump asking for password 2) Set connection as trust in pg_hba.conf regards, bhuvaneswaran regards, bhuvaneswaran