pgpass not used?
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Description
The documentation states that if certain arguments are NULL, a .pgpass or pgpass.conf file will be used to get the username and password. However I don't seem to be able to make this work, even when explicitly setting the passfile argument when making the connection.
R can definitely find the file just fine, and I suppose I could resort to manually loading the file. However I am unsure as to why this seems to fail.
I have other clients on the same system that use the pgpass method of authentication with no trouble.
Is this a bug, or am I missing something?
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Research direction
Start by reading the connection documentation covering NULL arguments and the passfile argument, then reproduce the issue with a PostgreSQL connection and an explicitly selected .pgpass or pgpass.conf file. Compare the observed behavior with the documented behavior and with other clients on the same system; done means identifying whether this is a bug or a documentation or configuration issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- postgresql, r
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100