Carlos Mennens wrote: >> 0 4 * * * /usr/bin/pg_dumpall> pg_dumpall.$DATE.sql >> >> that'll run at 4am every day. > When I run the command in my shell (not in Cron), I'm prompted for my > login password. Should I change the permissions in pg_hba.conf and > enable INHERIT grants on my user? Should I place this in who's Cron > line? Postgres? Carlos? or Root? I'd use the postgres user and allow "trust" authentication for that user on local connections in pg_hba.conf. No grants are required. If you have write activity during the backup and you need all data of a database to be consistent, consider using pg_dump's --serializable-deferrable flag. Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general