> > On Fedora: wrong file permissions? > > Btw.: ~/.pgpass is only supported in 7.3 and later. > > Thanks. > > The permission is 0600 on Fedora. But must the file > (~/.pgpass) be owned by postgres? Also what could explain the > reason why it is not working on Windows XP where permission > is not checked! > > I am running version 8.0.3 that is shipped with Fedora Core 4. > > The content of both ~/.pgpass and pgpass.conf is: > > 192.168.0.253:5432:hms:xxxxxx
That's not the correct format. See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/libpq-pgpass.html: hostname:port:database:username:password You are either missing database or userid, depending on what "hms" is. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
