Re: Password as a command line argument to createuser

Jane Ren wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to write a script that creates a new user with a password
> automatically.
>
> Is there a way I can specify the password as a command line argument to
> createuser?
>

Since you have access to the shell use psql -U user -c "create role ..."

Joshua D. Drake

> It looks like postgres does not read from stdin, but from /dev/tty.
>
> Thanks
>
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