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-rw-r--r--src/backend/libpq/pg_ident.conf.sample22
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/pg_ident.conf.sample b/src/backend/libpq/pg_ident.conf.sample
index f673bb3b025..16ef76a2502 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/pg_ident.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/pg_ident.conf.sample
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-# PostgreSQL Ident Authentication Maps
-# ====================================
+# PostgreSQL User Name Maps
+# =========================
#
# Refer to the PostgreSQL Administrator's Guide, chapter "Client
-# Authentication" for a complete description. A short synopsis
-# follows.
+# Authentication" for a complete description. A short synopsis follows.
#
# This file controls PostgreSQL username mapping. It maps
# external user names to their corresponding
@@ -20,10 +19,15 @@
# PG-USERNAME.
#
# If SYSTEM-USERNAME starts with a slash (/), it will be treated as
-# a regular expression. Up to one capture is allowed, and this will
-# be replaced in PG-USERNAME for backslash-one (\1) if present.
+# a regular expression. Optionally this can contain a capture (a
+# parenthesized subexpression). The substring matching the capture
+# will be substituted for \1 (backslash-one) if present in PG-USERNAME.
#
-# Multiple maps may be specified in this file and used # by pg_hba.conf.
+# Multiple maps may be specified in this file and used by pg_hba.conf.
+#
+# No map names are defined in the default configuration. If all system
+# user names and PostgreSQL user names are the same, you don't need
+# anything in this file.
#
# This file is read on server startup and when the postmaster receives
# a SIGHUP signal. If you edit the file on a running system, you have
@@ -32,9 +36,5 @@
# Put your actual configuration here
# ----------------------------------
-#
-# No map names are defined in the default configuration. If all system
-# user names and PostgreSQL user names are the same, you don't need
-# this file.
# MAPNAME SYSTEM-USERNAME PG-USERNAME