does anyone know what to use in pg_hba.conf that will allow me to run cronjobs with pg_dump?

Started by Jonathan Vanascoabout 17 years ago5 messagesgeneral
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#1Jonathan Vanasco
postgres@2xlp.com

i think i just need a METHOD for localhost only.

thanks.

#2Richard Huxton
dev@archonet.com
In reply to: Jonathan Vanasco (#1)
Re: does anyone know what to use in pg_hba.conf that will allow me to run cronjobs with pg_dump?

Jonathan Vanasco wrote:

i think i just need a METHOD for localhost only.

You can either "trust" any connections from the local machine, or if
that's too insecure use a .pgpass file.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-pgpass.html

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

#3Sam Mason
sam@samason.me.uk
In reply to: Richard Huxton (#2)
Re: does anyone know what to use in pg_hba.conf that will allow me to run cronjobs with pg_dump?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 05:45:27PM +0000, Richard Huxton wrote:

Jonathan Vanasco wrote:

i think i just need a METHOD for localhost only.

You can either "trust" any connections from the local machine, or if
that's too insecure use a .pgpass file.

If your database user has the same name as the user who is running the
cron job you could also use the "ident" authentication method.

Sam

#4Jasen Betts
jasen@xnet.co.nz
In reply to: Jonathan Vanasco (#1)
Re: does anyone know what to use in pg_hba.conf that will allow me to run cronjobs with pg_dump?

On 2009-02-10, Jonathan Vanasco <postgres@2xlp.com> wrote:

does anyone know what to use in pg_hba.conf that will allow me to run cronjobs
with pg_dump?
i think i just need a METHOD for localhost only.

write a script that sets PGPASSWORD and then calls pg_dump,
use .pgconf,
or use trust or ident authenticateion in pg_hba.conf

#5Kusuma Pabba
kusumap@ncoretech.com
In reply to: Jasen Betts (#4)
Re: Re: does anyone know what to use in pg_hba.conf that will allow me to run cronjobs with pg_dump?

Jasen Betts wrote:

On 2009-02-10, Jonathan Vanasco <postgres@2xlp.com> wrote:

does anyone know what to use in pg_hba.conf that will allow me to run cronjobs
with pg_dump?
i think i just need a METHOD for localhost only.

write a script that sets PGPASSWORD and then calls pg_dump,
use .pgconf,
or use trust or ident authenticateion in pg_hba.conf

i think this site will help you out
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/auth-pg-hba-conf.html

Regards
kusuma.p