From: Noah Misch Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 04:52:31 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Document platform-specificity of unix_socket_permissions. X-Git-Tag: REL9_3_5~134 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=afd0d3ff576ee91072a92430fe1d34ddf4bb3f3d;p=postgresql Document platform-specificity of unix_socket_permissions. Back-patch to 8.4 (all supported versions). --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index f9d587b060..fe474227ad 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -627,7 +627,11 @@ include 'filename' - This parameter is irrelevant on Windows, which does not have + This parameter is irrelevant on systems, notably Solaris as of Solaris + 10, that ignore socket permissions entirely. There, one can achieve a + similar effect by pointing unix_socket_directories to a + directory having search permission limited to the desired audience. + This parameter is also irrelevant on Windows, which does not have Unix-domain sockets.