Re: [PATCH] initdb: Option description.

Magnus Hagander-2 wrote
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:12 AM, Mats Erik Andersson
> <

> bsd@

> > wrote:
>> Hello there,
>>
>> the recent introduction of new options `--auth-local'
>> and `--auth-host' have lead to some confusion in the
>> help massage for inetdb, leaving an erroneous `local'
>> for `--auth' and `--auth-host'. Please consider the
>> following patch to improve the relevance.
>
> Hi!
>
> The idea behind the current wording is that it only sets the
> authentication type for 127.0.0.1 and ::1 -- there is no entry in
> pg_hba.conf generated for non-local TCP/IP connections. Perhaps we
> could clarify it by saying "localhost TCP/IP" rather than "local
> TCP/IP" though?

Or "loopback tcp/ip interface"...

It would also maybe help to modify the second description paragraph to point
out that initdb also creates the default postgres.conf and pg_hba.conf
files; the later of which will contain two local-only connection methods
(socket and tcp/ip via localhost) with the authentication set to trust but
able to be overridden via the various --auth* related switches.

David J.

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