wiki:Postgres HowTo login without password

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Postgres HowTo login without password

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Procedure

  1. Create a file in your home directory called .pgpass
  2. The contents of this file should take the format: 
    hostname:port:database:username:password

For example, here the port and database have been left blank: 

localhost:*:*:username:password

You may have to add a record for 127.0.0.1 as well as localhost.

  1. Make sure that the file has the correct permissions by running: chmod 600 .pgpass
  2. Connect using the following command: 
    psql -U username -d dbname

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