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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml index b002593a237..95283e6775a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml,v 1.50 2007/06/21 12:20:10 petere Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml,v 1.51 2007/12/11 19:57:32 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -295,9 +295,20 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--password</></term> <listitem> <para> - Force password prompt (to connect to the server, not for the + Force <application>createuser</application> to prompt for a + password (for connecting to the server, not for the password of the new user). </para> + + <para> + This option is never essential, since + <application>createuser</application> will automatically prompt + for a password if the server demands password authentication. + However, <application>createuser</application> will waste a + connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password. + In some cases it is worth typing <option>-W</> to avoid the extra + connection attempt. + </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> |