#2628: db.login does not ask for password as PostgreSQL database driver manual
page says
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Reporter: wenzeslaus | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.1.0
Component: Database | Version: svn-trunk
Keywords: postgres | Platform: Linux
Cpu: Unspecified |
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The ''PostgreSQL DATABASE DRIVER'' manual page
(http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/grass-pg.html) says:
{{{
# example for connecting to a PostgreSQL server:
db.connect driver=pg database="host=myserver.osgeo.org,dbname=mydb"
# password is asked interactively if not specified:
db.login user=myname [pass=secret]
db.connect -p
db.tables -p
}}}
I noticed:
{{{
# password is asked interactively if not specified:
}}}
So I tried:
{{{
db.login user=docker
}}}
But then I got:
{{{
> db.connect -p
driver: pg
database: host=localhost,port=25432,dbname=gis
schema:
group:
> db.tables -p
DBMI-PostgreSQL driver error:
Connection failed.
fe_sendauth: no password supplied
DBMI-PostgreSQL driver error:
Connection failed.
fe_sendauth: no password supplied
}}}
I was not prompted for the password at any point. So it seems that either
the manual page is wrong or `db.connect` does not work as expected.
I think that I actually got the `db.tables` error message ("no password
supplied") twice as presented above.
Setting the password in command line works (but of course exposes the
password in the bash history file).
I don't think this is related to #2626 or #2627. I don't know if it is
related to #1951.
By the way, ''PostgreSQL DATABASE DRIVER'' title should be probably
changed to ''PostgreSQL database driver'' (better typography, no reason
for all uppercase).
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2628>
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