diff --git a/modelbaker/db_factory/pg_command_config_manager.py b/modelbaker/db_factory/pg_command_config_manager.py
index 99d61dc..3fe0e0b 100644
--- a/modelbaker/db_factory/pg_command_config_manager.py
+++ b/modelbaker/db_factory/pg_command_config_manager.py
@@ -79,18 +79,23 @@ def get_uri(self, su: bool = False, qgis: bool = False) -> str:
             uri += ["dbname='{}'".format(self.configuration.database)]
 
         # only provide authcfg to the uri when it's needed for QGIS specific things
-        if (
-            qgis
-            and self.configuration.dbauthid
-            and (
-                not service_config
-                or not (
-                    service_config.get("user", None)
-                    and service_config.get("password", None)
-                )
+        if self.configuration.dbauthid and (
+            not service_config
+            or not (
+                service_config.get("user", None)
+                and service_config.get("password", None)
             )
         ):
-            uri += ["authcfg={}".format(self.configuration.dbauthid)]
+            if qgis:
+                uri += ["authcfg={}".format(self.configuration.dbauthid)]
+            else:
+                # Operations like Export do not require superuser
+                # login and may be run with authconfig
+                authconfig_map = db_utils.get_authconfig_map(
+                    self.configuration.dbauthid
+                )
+                uri += ["user={}".format(authconfig_map.get("username"))]
+                uri += ["password={}".format(authconfig_map.get("password"))]
         else:
             if not service_config or not service_config.get("user", None):
                 uri += ["user={}".format(self.configuration.dbusr)]
diff --git a/modelbaker/iliwrapper/ili2dbargs.py b/modelbaker/iliwrapper/ili2dbargs.py
index fb11b3a..336d742 100644
--- a/modelbaker/iliwrapper/ili2dbargs.py
+++ b/modelbaker/iliwrapper/ili2dbargs.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 from qgis.PyQt.QtCore import QDir, QFile
 
+from ..utils.db_utils import get_authconfig_map
 from .globals import DbIliMode
 from .ili2dbconfig import SchemaImportConfiguration
 
@@ -52,11 +53,16 @@ def _get_db_args(configuration, hide_password=False):
             db_args += ["--dbport", configuration.dbport]
         if su:
             db_args += ["--dbusr", configuration.base_configuration.super_pg_user]
+        elif configuration.dbauthid:
+            # Operations like Export can work with authconf
+            # and with no superuser login
+            authconfig_map = get_authconfig_map(configuration.dbauthid)
+            db_args += ["--dbusr", authconfig_map.get("username")]
         else:
             db_args += ["--dbusr", configuration.dbusr]
         if (
             not su
-            and configuration.dbpwd
+            and (configuration.dbpwd or configuration.dbauthid)
             or su
             and configuration.base_configuration.super_pg_password
         ):
@@ -68,8 +74,14 @@ def _get_db_args(configuration, hide_password=False):
                         "--dbpwd",
                         configuration.base_configuration.super_pg_password,
                     ]
-                else:
+                elif configuration.dbpwd:
                     db_args += ["--dbpwd", configuration.dbpwd]
+                elif configuration.dbauthid:
+                    # Operations like Export can work with authconf
+                    # and with no superuser login
+                    authconfig_map = get_authconfig_map(configuration.dbauthid)
+                    db_args += ["--dbpwd", authconfig_map.get("password")]
+
         db_args += ["--dbdatabase", configuration.database]
         db_args += ["--dbschema", configuration.dbschema or configuration.database]