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| author | Riccardo Magliocchetti <riccardo.magliocchetti@gmail.com> | 2013-10-21 16:53:25 +0200 |
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| committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2013-10-21 13:02:21 -0400 |
| commit | 1e39982b6ef1fd10e53392f4cb52bea3805d186f (patch) | |
| tree | 7d953a278e4601cacceec77cc8ed0cc9a8e3c5df /docs/ref | |
| parent | 3565efaa451db6eb735a085ea6aae3fe86e6d283 (diff) | |
Fixed #21296 -- Added docs for PostgreSQL and unix domains sockets.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/settings.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt index 4c46f3a8cd..76e771bf34 100644 --- a/docs/ref/settings.txt +++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt @@ -506,8 +506,10 @@ this value is assumed to be the host. If you're using PostgreSQL, by default (empty :setting:`HOST`), the connection to the database is done through UNIX domain sockets ('local' lines in -``pg_hba.conf``). If you want to connect through TCP sockets, set -:setting:`HOST` to 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1' ('host' lines in ``pg_hba.conf``). +``pg_hba.conf``). If your UNIX domain socket is not in the standard location, +use the same value of ``unix_socket_directory`` from ``postgresql.conf``. +If you want to connect through TCP sockets, set :setting:`HOST` to 'localhost' +or '127.0.0.1' ('host' lines in ``pg_hba.conf``). On Windows, you should always define :setting:`HOST`, as UNIX domain sockets are not available. |