From: Noah Misch Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 04:52:31 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Document platform-specificity of unix_socket_permissions. X-Git-Tag: REL8_4_22~56 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=790709890854ca66083c06aaf1b362615b0a674a;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git Document platform-specificity of unix_socket_permissions. Back-patch to 8.4 (all supported versions). --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 566d872b30d..1f82f3543d0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -469,6 +469,15 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF; This parameter can only be set at server start. + + + 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 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. +