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authorNoah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>2014-03-29 00:52:31 -0400
committerNoah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>2014-03-29 00:53:40 -0400
commitafd0d3ff576ee91072a92430fe1d34ddf4bb3f3d (patch)
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parent611fc913f400113506815c9b58797b25be126725 (diff)
downloadpostgresql-afd0d3ff576ee91072a92430fe1d34ddf4bb3f3d.tar.gz
Document platform-specificity of unix_socket_permissions.
Back-patch to 8.4 (all supported versions).
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@@ -627,7 +627,11 @@ include 'filename'
</para>
<para>
- This parameter is irrelevant on Windows, which does not have
+ This parameter is irrelevant on systems, notably Solaris as of Solaris
+ 10, that ignore socket permissions entirely. There, one can achieve a
+ similar effect by pointing <varname>unix_socket_directories</> to a
+ directory having search permission limited to the desired audience.
+ This parameter is also irrelevant on Windows, which does not have
Unix-domain sockets.
</para>
</listitem>