This is a discussion on Re: Windows pgpass Problems.. within the pgsql Admins forums, part of the PostgreSQL category; --> > I have been stuggling all day with the pgpass ability on 8.0 Postgres - on Windows 2000. I ...
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| > I have been stuggling all day with the pgpass ability on 8.0 Postgres - on Windows 2000. I have been to the documentation:<http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/libpq-pgpass.html> After reading many threads on similar problems, I just cannot seem to get a batch file to recognize that pgpass is there. I have dropped it into the Application data directory postgresql\pgpass.conf of 'Administrator', (My windows username), 'postgres', 'All Users', etc, etc. The contents I have tried for the pgpass file areeach of the combinations of: > > localhost:5432:<mydbname>:<dbusername>:<the password> > 127.0.0.1:5432:<mydbname>:<dbusername>:<the password> > localhost:*:<mydbname>:<dbusername>:<the password> > 127.0.0.1:*:<mydbname>:<dbusername>:<the password> > ..and many others > > <dbusername> has been postgres and other test superuser accounts. Nothing seems to work. I have restarted postgres, restarted windows, and it simply wont take.. > > Regards, > Eric Emerton > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly |