Обсуждение: .pgpass file

I have configured a .pgpass file, but am having trouble with the hostname
portion.

If I have

robux:*:JED:jed:jed
or
local:*:JED:jed:jed

and I do "psql -U jed"  I get the password prompt. If I use

*:*:JED:jed:jed

then I do not and it logs in correctly (which is what I want).

I would prefer not to have the hostname as * and only allow use of the
password file if it's a local connection, but how do I get it to recognize
the hostname?

(FYI - on my linux box  "uname -n" and "echo $HOSTNAME" are both robux)

Thanks,


        Jed S. Walker

On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 01:47:43PM -0700, Walker, Jed S wrote:
> I have configured a .pgpass file, but am having trouble with the hostname
> portion.
>
> If I have
>
> robux:*:JED:jed:jed
> or
> local:*:JED:jed:jed
>
> and I do "psql -U jed"  I get the password prompt.

What happens if you put "localhost" instead of "local" in .pgpass?
Or if you run "psql -h robux -U jed"?

See also the comments about environment variables in the psql
documentation and the "Environment Variables" section of the libpq
documentation.  You can set up your environment so all you have to
type is "psql".

--
Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

Then it works!! Thanks.

Now, how do I verify from within psql what the username I'm logged in as is?

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Fuhr [mailto:mike@fuhr.org]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 2:24 PM
To: Walker, Jed S
Cc: 'pgsql-novice@postgresql.org'
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] .pgpass file


On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 01:47:43PM -0700, Walker, Jed S wrote:
> I have configured a .pgpass file, but am having trouble with the hostname
> portion.
>
> If I have
>
> robux:*:JED:jed:jed
> or
> local:*:JED:jed:jed
>
> and I do "psql -U jed"  I get the password prompt.

What happens if you put "localhost" instead of "local" in .pgpass?
Or if you run "psql -h robux -U jed"?

See also the comments about environment variables in the psql
documentation and the "Environment Variables" section of the libpq
documentation.  You can set up your environment so all you have to
type is "psql".

--
Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

On Mar 21, 2005, at 4:58 PM, Walker, Jed S wrote:

> Now, how do I verify from within psql what the username I'm logged in
> as is?


select current_user;


John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL

Thank you. I was doing 'select user';

-----Original Message-----
From: John DeSoi [mailto:desoi@pgedit.com]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 5:31 PM
To: Walker, Jed S
Cc: 'pgsql-novice@postgresql.org'
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] .pgpass file



On Mar 21, 2005, at 4:58 PM, Walker, Jed S wrote:

> Now, how do I verify from within psql what the username I'm logged in
> as is?


select current_user;


John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL