Thanks raymond, you were right, i never think that psql was using .pgpass file. When a delete it psql ask me for the password. THANKS I’ll never figure that out.
2012/1/13 Raymond O'Donnell <r...@iol.ie> > On 12/01/2012 05:16, debian nick wrote: > > I have postgresql 8.4.9 installed now, my problem is that from time to > > time my postgresql let psql version 8.4.9 access the database without > > asking for password (psql -d mydatabase -h myhost -U myuser), and the > > connection attempts from psql 8.3 are not allowed no matter what i got > > time out exceptions from psql 8.3. > > The first time that happen to my i have installed postgresql 8.3, so i > > think that because i upgrade my system and not postgres (i upgrade from > > debian lenny (5) to squeeze (6)) that was the problem, so i installed > > 8.4.9 and with pg_dumpall i restore all my databases. And the problem > > was solved. Postgresql ask for passwords no matter from where i try to > > connect. > > And now a month later i have the same problem with 8.4.9. After various > > restart, stop and start the problem disappear, and 3 hours later it came > > back. > > Do you have pgAdmin on the same (client) machine? pgAdmin stores > passwords in the .pgpass file (though it asks you first, and also warns > about clear-text password) which could possibly explain this > intermittent behaviour. > > Ray. > > > -- > Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland > r...@iol.ie >
