-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.281 2009/03/31 01:41:27 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.282 2009/04/11 12:27:53 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="libpq">
<title><application>libpq</application> - C Library</title>
<para>
When the <literal>sslverify</> parameter is set to <literal>cn</> or
- <literal>cert</>, libpq will verify that the server certificate is
- trustworthy by checking the certificate chain up to a <acronym>CA</>.
- For this to work, place the certificate of a trusted <acronym>CA</>
+ <literal>cert</>, libpq requires a trustworthy server certificate by
+ checking the certificate chain up to a <acronym>CA</>.
+ To allow verification, place the certificate of a trusted <acronym>CA</>
in the file <filename>~/.postgresql/root.crt</> in the user's home directory.
(On Microsoft Windows the file is named
<filename>%APPDATA%\postgresql\root.crt</filename>.)