It is not psql but libpq which uses .pgpass file, as per my knowledge
there is no way of preventing it unless you have your own customize version
of libpq which do not have such option in it. But there is a workaround to
prevent libpg from using default .pgpass file is to set 'PGPASSFILE'
environ
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 09:06:59AM +0300, Allan Kamau wrote:
> Is there a way to instruct psql not to try reading ~/.pgpass file?
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-envars.html
PGPASSFILE behaves the same as the passfile connection parameter.
passfile
Specifies the name of the fi
