How I can automate postgres DB backing up?
Kevin Kempter
kevin at kevinkempterllc.com
Tue Nov 6 15:10:13 UTC 2007
On Monday 05 November 2007 06:14:02 Strong wrote:
> I have several DBs in single claster. When I make
>
> pg_dumpall -U postgres >file
>
> it asks me for password exact times the number DBs I have. Even to do
> that manualy, it sucks. But I want to go even farther: how I can
> automate the process to put into cron?
change your pg_hba.conf file and set postgres (or the user you're trying this
as) to 'trust'
A more secure way is to setup a .pgpass file or use pg_service. See the
online postgres docs for more on these
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