From: Bruce Momjian Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:43:15 +0000 (-0400) Subject: pg_upgrade: document possible pg_hba.conf options X-Git-Tag: REL9_1_10~46 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ad4c625ee464b409f341d4680127e816391fe94f;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git pg_upgrade: document possible pg_hba.conf options Previously, pg_upgrade docs recommended using .pgpass if using MD5 authentication to avoid being prompted for a password. Turns out pg_ctl never prompts for a password, so MD5 requires .pgpass --- document that. Also recommend 'peer' for authentication too. Backpatch back to 9.1. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml index cb4396aa014..6012523dbc7 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml @@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ gmake prefix=/usr/local/pgsql.new install pg_upgrade will connect to the old and new servers several times, - so you might want to set authentication to trust in - pg_hba.conf, or if using md5 authentication, - use a ~/.pgpass file (see ) - to avoid being prompted repeatedly for a password. + so you might want to set authentication to trust + or peer in pg_hba.conf, or if using + md5 authentication, use a ~/.pgpass file + (see ).