From f302fea894cacb0eb2ddaae3d40df082f8c1c3d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marko Kreen Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:35:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] config.txt: update auth_file about 9.0+ situation. Requested-by: Alexander Farber --- doc/config.txt | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/config.txt b/doc/config.txt index f7d4884..b634893 100644 --- a/doc/config.txt +++ b/doc/config.txt @@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ Default: not set ==== auth_file ==== -The name of the file to load user names and passwords from. The file format -is the same as the PostgreSQL pg_auth/pg_pwd file, so this setting can be -pointed directly to one of those backend files. +The name of the file to load user names and passwords from. The file format +is the same as the PostgreSQL 8.x pg_auth/pg_pwd file, so this setting can be +pointed directly to one of those backend files. Since version 9.0, PostgreSQL +does not use such text file, so it must be generated manually. See section +"AUTHENTICATION FILE FORMAT" below about details. Default: not set. -- 2.40.0