Re: .pgpass being ignored

On 06/21/2013 03:25 PM, Stephen Rasku wrote:
> I am trying to write a script that will create and populate a
> database.  I don't want to enter a password every time so I want to
> use a .pgpass file.  It has the correct permissions:
>
>      $ ls -l $PGPASSFILE
>      -rw-------  1 Stephen  staff  43 21 Jun 14:48 /Users/Stephen/.pgpass
>
> However, when I call createdb, it fails:
>
>      $ createdb -h 192.168.1.4 -U postgres --no-password JobSearch
>      createdb: could not connect to database postgres: fe_sendauth: no
> password supplied
>
> This is the contents of my .pgpass file:
>
>      192.168.1.4:5432:DatabaseName:postgres:thisIsTheCorrectPassword
>
> If I omit the --no-password option it will prompt me for a password
> and the command will succeed.  I am using 9.0.10 from MacPorts.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

First are you running the script from the location with .pgpass?

Second you are doing a createdb, not sure how Postgres handles using
.pgpass with database that does not exist yet?  Might want to try a '*'
in the database name field or since it looks like it is trying to
connect to the postgres database, use that as the database name.

>
> ...Stephen
>
>


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