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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2004-01-26 05:35:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2004-01-26 05:35:15 +0000 |
| commit | ee2f149d30fa12668066797183aebd60fc97d474 (patch) | |
| tree | c9fc03ab5f86b93cac9e9fa754dbae9cb5a4369d | |
| parent | 3761f968c874b9c322064906476a8394acdb94d6 (diff) | |
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Clarify that the 'user' column still applies for 'trust'.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index 34322aeba78..f1a48817490 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.62 2003/12/13 23:59:06 neilc Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.63 2004/01/26 05:35:15 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="client-authentication"> @@ -535,8 +535,9 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5 <para> When <literal>trust</> authentication is specified, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> assumes that anyone who can - connect to the server is authorized to access the database as - whatever database user he specifies (including the database superuser). + connect to the server is authorized to access the database with + whatever database user they specify (including the database superuser). + Of course, restrictions placed in the <literal>user</> column still apply. This method should only be used when there is adequate operating system-level protection on connections to the server. </para> |