I am trying to write a script that will create and populate a database. I don't want to enter a password every time so I want to use a .pgpass file. It has the correct permissions: $ ls -l $PGPASSFILE -rw------- 1 Stephen staff 43 21 Jun 14:48 /Users/Stephen/.pgpass However, when I call createdb, it fails: $ createdb -h 192.168.1.4 -U postgres --no-password JobSearch createdb: could not connect to database postgres: fe_sendauth: no password supplied This is the contents of my .pgpass file: 192.168.1.4:5432:DatabaseName:postgres:thisIsTheCorrectPassword If I omit the --no-password option it will prompt me for a password and the command will succeed. I am using 9.0.10 from MacPorts. What am I doing wrong? ...Stephen -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general