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<para>
The backup is made over a regular <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
- connection, and uses the replication protocol. The connection must be
- made with a user having <literal>REPLICATION</literal> permissions (see
- <xref linkend="role-attributes">), and the user must be granted explicit
- permissions in <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>. The server must also
- be configured with <xref linkend="guc-max-wal-senders"> set high enough
- to leave at least one session available for the backup.
+ connection, and uses the replication protocol. The connection must be made
+ with a superuser or a user having <literal>REPLICATION</literal>
+ permissions (see <xref linkend="role-attributes">),
+ and <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename> must explicitly permit the replication
+ connection. The server must also be configured
+ with <xref linkend="guc-max-wal-senders"> set high enough to leave at least
+ one session available for the backup.
</para>
<para>