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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index 31980e9017f..36c172aeb96 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.197 2005/10/24 15:38:36 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.198 2005/10/27 13:53:41 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="libpq"> @@ -3976,12 +3976,14 @@ This file should contain lines of the following format: <replaceable>hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>port</replaceable>:<replaceable>database</replaceable>:<replaceable>username</replaceable>:<replaceable>password</replaceable> </synopsis> Each of the first four fields may be a literal value, or <literal>*</literal>, -which -matches anything. The password field from the first line that matches the +which matches anything. The password field from the first line that matches the current connection parameters will be used. (Therefore, put more-specific entries first when you are using wildcards.) If an entry needs to contain <literal>:</literal> or <literal>\</literal>, escape this character with <literal>\</literal>. +A hostname of <literal>localhost</> matches both <literal>host</> (TCP) +and <literal>local</> (Unix domain socket) connections coming from the +local machine. </para> <para> |