On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 11:24:45AM -0400, Eric Emerton wrote: > 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.. Which program fails, and how does it fail? You have the correct permissions on the file, I presume? The file should not be readable nor writable by anyone but the owner; and I assume the directory where it resides, shouldn't either (In fact I'd check every directory up in the path.) -- Alvaro Herrera -- Valdivia, Chile Architect, www.EnterpriseDB.com "Entristecido, Wutra (canción de Las Barreras) echa a Freyr a rodar y a nosotros al mar"
