On 24 Mar 10:39, Jaroslav Záruba wrote: > The command line is still the same, when executed under one user it does not > ask for password, when executed under another (root that is) it does: > pg_dump --ignore-version --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=postgres > --file="$BACKUP_FILE" --format=p --column-inserts --encoding=UTF-8 db123 If you *really* want root to be able to login to the database as the postgres user using ident authentication, then you're going to need to add a line to pg_hba.conf using an ident map, then in the ident map you're going to have to allow root to map to postgres. root, per default, does not have a user in postgres. Run your script as the postgres user if you *really* want super user access. Thanks, -- Brett Parker http://www.sommitrealweird.co.uk/ PGP Fingerprint 1A9E C066 EDEE 6746 36CB BD7F 479E C24F 95C7 1D61 -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
