I'm using the command vaccumdb like this: su - postgres -c "vacuumdb AgenteSIP"
I don't need to introduce the password for postgres. I think thos is all you need. Raquel Vieira On Monday 17 November 2003 10:53 am, Cris Carampa wrote: > Sorry if this is a naive question. I'm using postgresql 7.2 on Linux > with password authentication. I wish to issue a vaccumdb command every > night via crontab. The problem is that vacuumdb always prompts for a > password. How can I pass the password to vacuumdb without having to > manually type it? > > Kind regards, ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly