Hi Jeff,
> What does your .pgpass look like?
*:5432:canon:postgres:winkwink
> What OS user are you running the cron job as?
User postgres.
> Do you have SELINUX enabled?
I have no idea what SELINUX is.
> Can you run the script with the strace command
> I sent in a previous email so that we can see
> what's really going on?
Yes, it is running and I expect it to go for another
10 to 15 minutes. I will get your the result asap.
Thank you for your invariable assistance.
I am getting excited.
Regards,
Tena Sakai
tsakai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Frost [mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wed 2/27/2008 8:32 PM
To: Tena Sakai
Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: trouble with pg_dumpall
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Tena Sakai wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> You cuaght me with a fine point.
>
>> but I didn't see HOME being exported.
>
> I have changed the script accordingly:
>
> And the result/my claim remains the same as before:
>
> pg_dumpall: could not connect to database "template1": fe_sendauth: no password supplied
>
> I see just one more option. Namely, to change the
> postgres user entry for pg_hba.conf to "trust" for
> a short period as pg_dumpall starts and then put it
> back to the way normally is (md5). I would rather
> not do that and get .pgpass or PGPASSFILE to work
> for me.
I didn't really expect that to make a difference. What does your .pgpass look
like? What OS user are you running the cron job as? Do you have SELINUX
enabled? Can you run the script with the strace command I sent in a previous
email so that we can see what's really going on?
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