Re: [GENERAL] Calling pg_dump from another application in safe mode

2006-11-29 Thread Richard Huxton
Albert wrote: Hi, I'm wondering if there is a method to call pg_dump from an external application without changing the security level in pg_hba.conf from trust to md5. I'd like to pass my password not in clear but using a secure cryptographic method like md5. You want the ".pgpass" file - it's

[GENERAL] Calling pg_dump from another application in safe mode

2006-11-29 Thread Albert
Hi, I'm wondering if there is a method to call pg_dump from an external application without changing the security level in pg_hba.conf from trust to md5. I'd like to pass my password not in clear but using a secure cryptographic method like md5. Any suggestion? Thanks! --