NAME
db.login - Sets user/password for driver/database.
KEYWORDS
database, connection
SYNOPSIS
db.login
db.login help
db.login driver=name database=name [user=string] [password=string] [--verbose] [--quiet]
Parameters:
- driver=name
- Driver name
- Options: pg,odbc,mysql,ogr,dbf,sqlite
- Default: dbf
- database=name
- Database name
- Default: $GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf/
- user=string
- Username
- password=string
- Password
DESCRIPTION
db.login sets user/password for driver/database.
NOTE
This is only related to SQL database backends (PostgreSQL, MySQL etc).
The passwords are stored in a hidden file in the user account ('home'
directory) called .grasslogin6. Only the file owner
can access this file.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Username specified, password will be invisibly queried interactively:
Example 2: Username and password specified (note that the command
lines history will store the password in this way):
db.login user=bacava pass=secret
Example 3: Username and empty password specified (note that the command
lines history will store the password in this way):
db.login user=bacava pass=""
SEE ALSO
db.connect,
db.test
AUTHOR
Radim Blazek
Last changed: $Date: 2008-08-14 23:16:42 -0700 (Thu, 14 Aug 2008) $
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