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To: Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: running psql in a cron job
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Maybe I'm a bit lost: if cron is executed as root, then su <user> -c 
'command' would work without providing the password?

I mean, putting the password plain text anywhere doesn't seem that nice 
idea imho

Wei Weng wrote:

>never mind. a quick search in the mailing list archive solved the
>problem. :)
>
>Just use PGPASSWORD=my_pass psql -c "VACUUM ANALYZE" -d my_data -U
>my_user
>
>
>On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 10:51, Wei Weng wrote:
>  
>
>>My database has "local all password" as its HBA control.
>>
>>Is there anyway to manipulate psql so that I can somehow put the
>>password also inside the command line so that I can run psql in a cron
>>job? (such as psql -c "VACUUM ANALYZE" -d my_data -U my_user)
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>-- 
>>Wei Weng
>>Network Software Engineer
>>KenCast Inc.
>>
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