Re: [GENERAL] .pgpass not working
Hi Ben I had saved the .pgpass file in my home directory /home/user/.pgpass which works when I'm logged in as user. However, in order for me to use Slony, I had to be logged in as postgres user. I installed strace and ran my pg_dump test and found that it actually looks for the .pgpass file in /var/lib/postgresql (which I'm assuming is the postgres users home directory as this is the directory where I begin in when I log in). I made a copy of the .pgpass and saved it in that location and it worked! Many thanks. Rebecca On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Ben Chobot be...@silentmedia.com wrote: On May 4, 2012, at 9:30 AM, Rebecca Clarke wrote: I do not want to touch the pg_hba.conf so I have generated the .pgpass file. The permissions is set to 600, and I have correctly inputted the details into .pgpass, there are no leading spaces. *myhostname:myport:*:postgres:mypassword* However I am still prompted for a password. I have tested pg_dump as well and it prompts also. Does anyone have any suggestions on what may be the culprit. Is there somewhere I need to specify to tell the system to look into the .pgpass file? Where is the .pgpass file? If it's not in ~/.pgpass or doesn't have the right ownership (your permissions are good) then it won't be used. If it's in a different location, you might need to make use of the PGPASSFILE environment variable. If you really get stuck, you can always strace psql or pg_dump and see if it has problems opening your .pgpass file.
[GENERAL] .pgpass not working
Hi Apologies in advance if this is the wrong place to ask. I have Postres 8.4 and I am setting up replication with Slony. I'm having password issues with slony. I have roamed the net for a solution and the way to fix it is to use the .pgpass file or change pg_hba.conf to accept trusted connections. I do not want to touch the pg_hba.conf so I have generated the .pgpass file. The permissions is set to 600, and I have correctly inputted the details into .pgpass, there are no leading spaces. *myhostname:myport:*:postgres:mypassword* However I am still prompted for a password. I have tested pg_dump as well and it prompts also. Does anyone have any suggestions on what may be the culprit. Is there somewhere I need to specify to tell the system to look into the .pgpass file? many thanks rebecca
Re: [GENERAL] .pgpass not working
Rebecca Clarke r.clark...@gmail.com writes: I'm having password issues with slony. I have roamed the net for a solution and the way to fix it is to use the .pgpass file or change pg_hba.conf to accept trusted connections. I do not want to touch the pg_hba.conf so I have generated the .pgpass file. Reasonable. The permissions is set to 600, and I have correctly inputted the details into .pgpass, there are no leading spaces. *myhostname:myport:*:postgres:mypassword* However I am still prompted for a password. I have tested pg_dump as well and it prompts also. Hmm, you're not showing exactly how you're trying to connect, but it might be that you need localhost in the first field rather than the real machine name. If that's not it, I'd suggest you show us the actual file contents (you can blank out the password) and the actual pg_dump command you're trying. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] .pgpass not working
On May 4, 2012, at 9:30 AM, Rebecca Clarke wrote: I do not want to touch the pg_hba.conf so I have generated the .pgpass file. The permissions is set to 600, and I have correctly inputted the details into .pgpass, there are no leading spaces. myhostname:myport:*:postgres:mypassword However I am still prompted for a password. I have tested pg_dump as well and it prompts also. Does anyone have any suggestions on what may be the culprit. Is there somewhere I need to specify to tell the system to look into the .pgpass file? Where is the .pgpass file? If it's not in ~/.pgpass or doesn't have the right ownership (your permissions are good) then it won't be used. If it's in a different location, you might need to make use of the PGPASSFILE environment variable. If you really get stuck, you can always strace psql or pg_dump and see if it has problems opening your .pgpass file.
[GENERAL] .pgpass not working?
I'm using the postgresql 8.4.7 in Ubuntu 10.04, and I'm trying to use .pgpass documented here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/libpq-pgpass.html I have a ~/.pgpass with 600 perms containing: myhostname.com:yang:yang:mypassword However, it doesn't seem to get picked up by psql -h myhostname.com. I also tried explicitly specifying PGPASSFILE, but that didn't work. Neither that env var nor .pgpass is documented in man psql. Entering my password manually works, however. (Don't need to specify username/database since they default to my username, which is also yang.) Also tried connecting with psycopg2 via sqlalchemy (connect string postgresql://myhostname.com/yang), and it also didn't auto pick up .pgpass. Any hints on what's up? Thanks in advance. Yang -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] .pgpass not working?
Dah, left out the port. On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Yang Zhang yanghates...@gmail.com wrote: I'm using the postgresql 8.4.7 in Ubuntu 10.04, and I'm trying to use .pgpass documented here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/libpq-pgpass.html I have a ~/.pgpass with 600 perms containing: myhostname.com:yang:yang:mypassword However, it doesn't seem to get picked up by psql -h myhostname.com. I also tried explicitly specifying PGPASSFILE, but that didn't work. Neither that env var nor .pgpass is documented in man psql. Entering my password manually works, however. (Don't need to specify username/database since they default to my username, which is also yang.) Also tried connecting with psycopg2 via sqlalchemy (connect string postgresql://myhostname.com/yang), and it also didn't auto pick up .pgpass. Any hints on what's up? Thanks in advance. Yang -- Yang Zhang http://yz.mit.edu/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
