db.login - Sets user/password for DB driver/database.

Author

       Radim Blazek
       Support for hostname and port by Martin Landa, OSGeoREL, Czech  Technical  University  in  Prague,  Czech
       Republic (GRASS 7.1)

Description

db.login sets login parameters such an user name and optionally also a password, a hostname or a port for
       the connection to the selected database through the DB driver.

Examples

       Only username specified (assuming locally accessible PostgreSQL DB without password):
       db.login driver=pg database=mydb

       Username, password and hostname specified (note that the command lines history will store the password in
       this way):
       db.login driver=pg database=mydb user=bacava password=secret host=db.example.com

       Username and empty password specified:
       db.login driver=pg database=mydb user=bacava password=""

Keywords

       database, connection settings

Name

db.login  - Sets user/password for DB driver/database.

Note

       Options host and port are related to only SQL database backends like PostgreSQL, MySQL or ODBC.

       Note that the passwords are stored in a hidden, unencrypted file in the user account, specifically

           •   in the ’home’ directory, i.e. $HOME/.grass8/dblogin (Unix-like systems)

           •   %APPDATA%\Roaming\GRASS8\dblogin (MS-Windows)
       Only the file owner can access this file.

Source Code

       Available at: db.login source code (history)

       Accessed: Friday Apr 04 01:18:43 2025

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Synopsis

db.logindb.login--helpdb.login    [-p]    driver=namedatabase=name    [user=string]     [password=string]     [host=string]
       [port=string]   [--overwrite]  [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

   Flags:-p
           Print connection settings and exit

       --overwrite
           Allow output files to overwrite existing files

       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:driver=name[required]
           Name of database driver
           Options: dbf,mysql,odbc,ogr,pg,sqlite
           Default: sqlitedatabase=name[required]
           Name of database
           Default: $GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.dbuser=string
           Username

       password=string
           Password

       host=string
           Hostname
           Relevant only for pg and mysql driver

       port=string
           Port
           Relevant only for pg and mysql driver