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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml index a1d560009e3..af57135f120 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml,v 1.38 2007/06/21 10:43:09 petere Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml,v 1.39 2007/12/11 19:57:32 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--username <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></></term> <listitem> <para> - User name to connect as (not the user name to drop) + User name to connect as (not the user name to drop). </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -135,8 +135,18 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--password</></term> <listitem> <para> - Force password prompt (to connect to the server, not for the - password of the user to be dropped). + Force <application>dropuser</application> to prompt for a + password before connecting to a database. + </para> + + <para> + This option is never essential, since + <application>dropuser</application> will automatically prompt + for a password if the server demands password authentication. + However, <application>dropuser</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> |