John,

> Does anyone have a way to run pg_dump from cron in a way that doesn't
> require someone to enter the password on every run?  I get the following
> error even when the backup user has read permissions on all application
> databases.

You can use the .pgpass file in the backup owner's home directory:

*:5432:*:postgres:MyPassword
*:5432:*:xxxx:XsPassword

-- Gary Chambers

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