From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: coleman.rik@gmail.com
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: 34.16. The Password File error re windows pgpass.conf location
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 17:45:38 -0400
Message-ID: <669376.1659995138@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <165998541845.302446.619834691832600784@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
References: <165998541845.302446.619834691832600784@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> On this page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-pgpass.html
> It incorrectly states:
> %APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf
> In reality this files needs to be placed here on a Windows system:
> %APPDATA%\Roaming\postgresql\pgpass.conf
> ^^^^^^^^
Hmm ... that text has been like that since 2005, and you're the first
to report it's wrong. I suspect it's not wrong for the majority of
users, and instead there's something odd about your configuration.
I don't know enough about Windows to guess at exactly what.
regards, tom lane
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