Re: [GENERAL] Setting up pgpass.conf for the postgres OS user on windows for pgAgent

2010-08-13 Thread Peter Geoghegan
> pgpass.conf file should in %APPDATA%\postgresql directory of user/account, > which you will use to start the pgagent. > > Suppose if you want start pgagent as user peter account on windows, then you > have to keep the pgpass.conf file in %APPDATA%\postgresql directory of peter > account. > > -

Re: [GENERAL] Setting up pgpass.conf for the postgres OS user on windows for pgAgent

2010-08-12 Thread Vibhor Kumar
On Aug 12, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Peter Geoghegan wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to set up pgAgent on windows. I'm using the EDB 8.4.4 > package. I know that it is bad practice to put the password directly > in the conninfo string, so I've avoided that. I want to use pgpass > authentication, per th

[GENERAL] Setting up pgpass.conf for the postgres OS user on windows for pgAgent

2010-08-12 Thread Peter Geoghegan
Hello, I would like to set up pgAgent on windows. I'm using the EDB 8.4.4 package. I know that it is bad practice to put the password directly in the conninfo string, so I've avoided that. I want to use pgpass authentication, per the instructions for pgAgent. I get an fe_sendauth error message in