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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 9 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 9de21244fe5..958b41c1387 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -656,10 +656,15 @@ include_dir 'conf.d' <literal>::</literal> allows listening for all IPv6 addresses. If the list is empty, the server does not listen on any IP interface at all, in which case only Unix-domain sockets can be used to connect - to it. + to it. If the list is not empty, the server will start if it + can listen on at least one TCP/IP address. A warning will be + emitted for any TCP/IP address which cannot be opened. The default value is <systemitem class="systemname">localhost</systemitem>, which allows only local TCP/IP <quote>loopback</quote> connections to be - made. While client authentication (<xref + made. + </para> + <para> + While client authentication (<xref linkend="client-authentication"/>) allows fine-grained control over who can access the server, <varname>listen_addresses</varname> controls which interfaces accept connection attempts, which |