[ale] Postgreq backup help

[Robert Slaughter]

My first guess is there is a database named "template1" that is owned by a
different user than the one supplied through .dbpass.


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On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu> wrote:

> Okay, so I've gotten the .pgpass to work without any issue.
> The file is in ~/.pgpass, with permissions of 600
>
> The file looks like:
> <hostname>.ua.edu:5432:<dbname>:<user>:<password>
>
> I can do:
> pg_dump -h <hostname>.ua.edu -d <dbname> -U <user> -w
>
> This works, dumping out that database, without prompting for a password.
>
> I want to be able to do pg_dumpall (I want a one file backup to re-add
> users, databases, grants, etc...) - similar to a MySQL --all-databases
> backup.
>
> When I try:
> pg_dumpall -h <hostname>.ua.edu -U <user> -w
>
> I get:
> pg_dumpall: could not connect to database "template1": fe_sendauth: no
> password supplied
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
> Allen B.
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> Allen Beddingfield
> Systems Engineer
> The University of Alabama
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> Sumners [james.sumners at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2015 4:39 PM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] Postgreq backup help
>
> Or using a pgpass dotfile in the backup user's home directory. chmod
> appropriately.
>
> On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, Robert Slaughter <
> robert.s.slaughter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You can avoid password prompting by setting the PGPASS environment
>> variable to point to an appropriate file. Google for details I can't recall.
>>
>>
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>> Bob Slaughter
>> http://www.facebook.com/robert.s.slaughter
>> "The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled
>> by evil men." -- Plato
>> "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do
>> nothing." -- Edmund Burke
>> "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but
>> because of those who look on and do nothing." -- Albert Einstein
>> "Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the
>> part of the good." -- Pope Leo XIII, encyclical 'On Christians as Citizens'
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu
>> <http://UrlBlockedError.aspx>> wrote:
>>
>>> So, after 20 years of being a Unix/Linux admin, I've finally got a
>>> situation where I need to setup a Postgres server (aside from a few
>>> provided-with-the-product cases).  Anyway, I've got it all up and running
>>> with no issue, but I'm struggling with the best way to do a remote backup
>>> of the whole server.
>>> In MySQL/MariaDB, I do:
>>>
>>> "mysqldump --host=servername.domain -u username --password "plain text
>>> pw" --all-databases > filename.sql"
>>>
>>> I need an equivalent for Postgres.  I've discovered that I can do
>>> "pg_dump -h servername.domain -U username -W databasename", that I'm
>>> prompted for the password, and it will dump out that database.
>>>
>>> I've been experimenting with pg_dumpall, but it dumps a portion, prompts
>>> for the password, etc...
>>>
>>> Suggestions/options here?
>>> I have a script I use for MariaDB that dumps out an -all-databases
>>> backup, with a date-based naming convention, then handles a 30 day rotation
>>> of the backups.  I just want to plug in some pg_dump pg_dumpall into there
>>> and do the same.  I would prefer a full server backup that will capture
>>> users, grants, etc... so that I can put the entire server back from one
>>> backup.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Allen B.
>>>
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>>> Allen Beddingfield
>>> Systems Engineer
>>> The University of Alabama
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