Re: BUG #13188: .pgpass does not work

On 2015-04-29 04:41 PM, Jeff Janes wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:23 AM, bzb.dev001@gmail.com
> <mailto:bzb.dev001@gmail.com> <bzb.dev001@gmail.com
> <mailto:bzb.dev001@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>>
>     I've changed back the owner of .pgpass to the account that I've
>     logged in as.  This is the account that I'm using to run psql.
>     All the spaces in .pgpass is removed.
>     Checked that the permission settings of .pgpass is ok.
>     restarted the server...
>
>     $ sudo service postgresql restart
>
>     Unfortunately, it is still not working.
>
>     $ psql  --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=postgres --no-password
>     psql: fe_sendauth: no password supplied
>
>
> I wonder if it is even finding the file in the first place.
>
> strace psql  --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=postgres
> --no-password 2>&1 | fgrep pgpass
>
> This is what I get:
>
> stat("/home/jjanes/.pgpass", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=196, ...}) = 0
> open("/home/jjanes/.pgpass", O_RDONLY)  = 3
>
> For me it found the file and opened it successfully.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff

I finally figured out why it didn't work. the port# specified in my
.pgpass was incorrect.
My stupidity.
Thanks to all for the help.