Re: running vacuum in scripts

You can set up pg_hba.conf so that only certain Unix users that have
access to the local Unix PostgreSQL socket can access the database
without a password (every other process uses a TCP/IP connection);  then
move the socket location to other than /tmp and restrict its access w/
Unix controls.  Details are in the PostgreSQL documentation, and it
works fine.

-- Dean

On 2005-09-19 11:27, Belinda M. Giardine wrote:

>This seems like it should be a frequently asked question, but I am having
>trouble finding the answer.  I am in the process of switching to using
>Postgres, and realize that I need to run vacuum analyze regularly on the
>tables.  This is on a Unix system so cron is the obvious choice.  The
>problem is I don't want to put the user name and password in the script.
>As far as I can tell vacuum must be run by the table or database owner.
>It wouldn't be as bad to have the password in the script if it was a
>limited permissions user.  Any suggestions on the best methods?
>
>Thanks,
>Belinda
>
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