X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.225.181]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02FDFCC667 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:29:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (svr5.postgresql.org [64.117.225.181]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39682-02 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:29:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53D78CC657 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:29:04 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6GETVQ3018026; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:29:31 -0400 (EDT) To: "Viorel Dragomir" Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: pg_dump "feature" In-reply-to: <004501c34b9f$f7d8f520$0600a8c0@fix.ro> References: <004501c34b9f$f7d8f520$0600a8c0@fix.ro> Comments: In-reply-to "Viorel Dragomir" message dated "Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:41:31 +0300" Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:29:30 -0400 Message-ID: <18025.1058365770@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200307/199 X-Sequence-Number: 14313 "Viorel Dragomir" 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