> I'm trying to write a backup script for postgres and us a crontab on it. > In the manual it says for pg_dumpall make $HOME/.pgpass so it won't ask > for a password. Do you use the correct .pgpass format? It must be like that: hostname:port:database:username:password
> Now I made the .pgpass in root's homedir (i wanted to use root's > crontab) paste the password in it, chmod 400 it ... > But it still asks for a password ... Documentation claims the permissions should be 600. > Does anybody know how to fix that ? I happily use pg_dump & vacuumdb from crontab. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
