Eric, I will be interested to see someone's response to your message, because I am having the same problem (in Windows 2003, version 8.0). I want to use it in a batch file that invokes psql to load a database, etc. without prompting for a password. I have not tried to use wildcards (defeats the purpose of what I am doing), but have used the specific values for hostname:port:database:user:password, with no luck. I (initially) did not know where %appdata%\postgresql should be; be sure your pgpass.conf file is in the right place. You can find it by using this command at the DOS command prompt: echo %appdata% -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Eric Emerton Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:25 AM To: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ADMIN] Windows pgpass Problems.. 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.h tml> 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 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
