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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 7931ea87377..dcb7c51b25a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.195 2008/11/11 02:42:31 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.196 2008/11/20 20:45:29 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter Id="runtime-config"> <title>Server Configuration</title> @@ -706,6 +706,17 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF; before the user name is looked up by the server. </para> + <para> + <varname>db_user_namespace</> causes the client's and + server's user name representation to differ. + Authentication checks are always done with the server's user name + so authentication methods must be configured for the + server's user name, not the client's. Because + <literal>md5</> uses the user name as salt on both the + client and server, <literal>md5</> cannot be used with + <varname>db_user_namespace</>. + </para> + <note> <para> This feature is intended as a temporary measure until a |