Re: pg_dump password

Do you mean your scripts automating the pg_dump broke? Because otherwise
entering the password is trivial.

If it is a scripting problem, expect will fix it up for you. If you're
wandering in the swamps of Microsoft, I believe there is a M$ port of
expect now.

http://expect.nist.gov/

On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 12:59:25PM +0200, Q Beukes wrote:
> Hey,
>
> We want to close up the db so people can't alter the database, so we
> thought of using
> a password. The problem now is that we can't have pg_dump run because it
> prompts
> for a password.
>
> Are there any alternatives for closing up the database? Having host/user
> based trust
> isn't really an option because it's a web application, and if the web
> user can simply
> access the database, it would be all to easy to install a web pg admin
> package.
>
> If not, is there a way to pass on a password to the pg_dump(all) utility?
>
> regards,
> Q Beukes
>
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