From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Viorel Dragomir <bc@vio.ro>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pg_dump "feature"
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:29:30 -0400
Message-ID: <18025.1058365770@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <004501c34b9f$f7d8f520$0600a8c0@fix.ro>
References: <004501c34b9f$f7d8f520$0600a8c0@fix.ro>
"Viorel Dragomir" <bc@vio.ro> writes:
> In 7.3.x the pg_dump accepts the password only from stdin. The user must en=
> ter his password.
> It's a feature or a bug, because i can't see any logic in this behaviour.
It's a feature ... or at least an intentional change.
If you want to keep your password in a file, see the ~/.pgpass feature.
regards, tom lane
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