BUG #1769: pg_dumpall fails to run
The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 1769
Logged by: Nigel Kukard
Email address: nkukard@lbsd.net
PostgreSQL version: 8.0.3
Operating system: Linux
Description: pg_dumpall fails to run
Details:
On a clean build of postgresql 8.0.3, I seem to encounter a problem when
using pg_dumpall.
I'm trying to run...
# pg_dumpall -U postgres> backup.pgsql
My postgres password is "test".
When pg_dumpall prompts me for the password I type it in, and press enter
only to get another password prompt.
Apon looking in /var/log/pgsql, i see the following error...
LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection
Using psql I can get into the template1 database fine using...
psql -U postgres template1
My pg_hba.conf file looks like this...
# TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD
local all postgres md5
local test test md5
local template1 all md5
Any help much appreciated!
Regards
Nigel
"Nigel Kukard" <nkukard@lbsd.net> writes:
When pg_dumpall prompts me for the password I type it in, and press enter
only to get another password prompt.
This doesn't seem particularly surprising: you are going to have to
enter the password once for pg_dumpall, and once for each of its
per-database invocations of pg_dump.
Most people try to set things up so that pg_dump(all) can be executed
without any manual password entry. You might be able to use another
authorization method for local connections; failing that, set up a
~/.pgpass file for the database superuser.
regards, tom lane