.TH db.login 1grass "" "GRASS 6.4.2" "Grass User's Manual"
.SH NAME
\fI\fBdb.login\fR\fR  - Sets user/password for driver/database.
.SH KEYWORDS
database, connection settings
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdb.login\fR
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\fBdb.login help\fR
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\fBdb.login driver\fR=\fIname\fR \fBdatabase\fR=\fIname\fR  [\fBuser\fR=\fIstring\fR]   [\fBpassword\fR=\fIstring\fR]   [--\fBverbose\fR]  [--\fBquiet\fR] 
.SS Parameters:
.IP "\fBdriver\fR=\fIname\fR" 4m
.br
Driver name
.br
Options: \fIpg,dbf,ogr,odbc,mysql,sqlite\fR
.br
Default: \fIdbf\fR
.IP "\fBdatabase\fR=\fIname\fR" 4m
.br
Database name
.br
Default: \fI$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf/\fR
.IP "\fBuser\fR=\fIstring\fR" 4m
.br
Username
.IP "\fBpassword\fR=\fIstring\fR" 4m
.br
Password
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIdb.login\fR sets user/password for driver/database.
.SH 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 \fI.grasslogin6\fR. Only the file owner
can access this file.
.SH EXAMPLES
Example 1: Username specified, password will be invisibly queried interactively:
\fC
.DS
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db.login user=bacava
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.DE
\fR
.PP
Example 2: Username and password specified (note that the command
lines history will store the password in this way):
\fC
.DS
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db.login user=bacava pass=secret
.br
.DE
\fR
.PP
Example 3: Username and empty password specified (note that the command
lines history will store the password in this way):
\fC
.DS
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db.login user=bacava pass=""
.br
.DE
\fR
.SH SEE ALSO
\fI
db.connect,
db.test
\fR
.SH AUTHOR
Radim Blazek
.PP
\fILast changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 10:42:51 +0100 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $\fR
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