Re: psql in Batch mode and passwords?

Michael A. Schulte wrote:
> Hi,
>
> does anyone have an idea how to convince psql
> to accept a password that is passed during startup
> of psql in the command line?
>
> I don't want to modify pg_hba.conf so that it
> is open for everyone so I have inserted:
>
> local      all                                          trust
> host       all         129.157.0.0     255.255.0.0    password
>
>
> I look for something like:
> psql -h somehost -a dash anonymous/anonym
> where there exists a postgres user named "anonymous"
> and the password is anonym.

Try (assume a sh or ksh shell):

PGPASSWORD=anonym psql -h somehost -U anonymous -a dash

HTH,
Kevin