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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 13:10:41 -0400 |
| commit | 15a6667a7040739a74c9bc7c83ee9435f517b284 (patch) | |
| tree | f2c34dd6f02acf707a294fe9fe2b361a36fbb351 | |
| parent | 0c850e28858016b5890ae83a6ec6880614b306a2 (diff) | |
| download | django-15a6667a7040739a74c9bc7c83ee9435f517b284.tar.gz | |
[1.6.x] Fixed #21296 -- Added docs for PostgreSQL and unix domains sockets.
Backport of 1e39982b6e from master
| -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 5503d8752d..d949198d52 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. |