should the postgres user have a password? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Anton Melser
Subject should the postgres user have a password?
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Hi,
I have never given postgres a password before, but one of my clients
put one on his postgres user - I suppose so he could use the postgres
user from phppgadmin (not my choice !).
But now I can't see how to get my backup scripts to work... can I put
the password for tools like pg_dumpall (or psql, or whatever) on the
CL. There is no option in the docs...
Would it be better to remove the password (if so, any pointers, I
couldn't find that either!) and make postgres only able to connect via
pipes?
Thanks again,
Anton
ps. I did google but obviously couldn't find the right combo of keywords...

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