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1 | 1 | <!-- |
2 | | -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.197 2005/10/24 15:38:36 momjian Exp $ |
| 2 | +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.198 2005/10/27 13:53:41 momjian Exp $ |
3 | 3 | --> |
4 | 4 |
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5 | 5 | <chapter id="libpq"> |
@@ -3976,12 +3976,14 @@ This file should contain lines of the following format: |
3976 | 3976 | <replaceable>hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>port</replaceable>:<replaceable>database</replaceable>:<replaceable>username</replaceable>:<replaceable>password</replaceable> |
3977 | 3977 | </synopsis> |
3978 | 3978 | Each of the first four fields may be a literal value, or <literal>*</literal>, |
3979 | | -which |
3980 | | -matches anything. The password field from the first line that matches the |
| 3979 | +which matches anything. The password field from the first line that matches the |
3981 | 3980 | current connection parameters will be used. (Therefore, put more-specific |
3982 | 3981 | entries first when you are using wildcards.) |
3983 | 3982 | If an entry needs to contain <literal>:</literal> or |
3984 | 3983 | <literal>\</literal>, escape this character with <literal>\</literal>. |
| 3984 | +A hostname of <literal>localhost</> matches both <literal>host</> (TCP) |
| 3985 | +and <literal>local</> (Unix domain socket) connections coming from the |
| 3986 | +local machine. |
3985 | 3987 | </para> |
3986 | 3988 |
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3987 | 3989 | <para> |
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