Re: Help automate pg_dump

On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 12:32:29PM +0200, Tycho Fruru wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 18:48, Vivek Khera wrote:
> > >>>>> "n" == nothanks  <nothanks@nowhere.com> writes:
> >
> > n> If the username/password must be interactive, how can I script backup
> > n> of the server?
> >
> > It honors the standard environment variables for user/password, so
> > just set them.  And make sure your script is not readable by anyone
> > else, or your security is moot.
>
> Actually, if you're using environment variables to preset usernames and
> passwords your security is moot.
>
> Try " ps exwww " and see the environment variables of all processes

Hmm, on linux this only shows the environment for your own processes. Does
this work differently on other systems?

$ cat /proc/1/environ
cat: /proc/1/environ: Permission denied

and if you're root, who cares?
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