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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Pg Docs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Documentation Suggestion
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:05:36 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwYK4OqwoHscZi3yws-urv3NvVfoKHessyso5D=5qqChYQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 7:07 AM Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:

> Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]> writes:
> > On 2022-Apr-28, David G. Johnston wrote:
>
> >> The page could use a hyperlink/cross-reference to the pg_hba.conf
> >> documentation.
>
> > That's easily fixed.  How about the attached patch?
>
> That part's OK, but personally I'd only have cited the link once.
>
>
Agreed, one or three, including the local-only option but ignoring the
host-only one seems like a mistake.

I would just document the -A/--auth-method option, the other two are close
enough in space to borrow it just fine.

Shall we do a return link from the pg_hba.conf to initdb? The first
paragraph already has:
"A default pg_hba.conf file is installed when the data directory is
initialized by initdb."

David J.

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