if the perms really need to be 600 i would do this (anyway i dont see a reason why other users should access /root)
chmod 700 /root chmod 600 /root/.pgpass also check the ownership of these files -- > > > 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]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
