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commit    c1932ec9e864d475b1debbcf26ba77c88dc163d0
Author:   Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Date:     Sat Mar 29 04:52:31 2014 +0000
First released in: 9.4.0, 8.4.22, 9.0.18, 9.1.14, 9.2.9, 9.3.5

    Document platform-specificity of unix_socket_permissions.
    
    Back-patch to 8.4 (all supported versions).


 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index d11fa29cef9..b45a4d8f308 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -543,7 +543,11 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
        </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>


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