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authorAlvaro Herrera2022-05-14 07:57:03 +0000
committerAlvaro Herrera2022-05-14 07:57:03 +0000
commit5bcc4d09332844ae369bcf99f18ace1c982b7301 (patch)
tree652b32283ab7674bd9b253a6a917b87dd423d33d
parentdce7072e5106456a1f1f003c2fcc2d7901ab89d8 (diff)
Add link to HBA docs in initdb --auth documentation
Reaction to a suggestion from [email protected], though this doesn't directly address the complaint. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
index c9ffaaecfb..f01df2dde9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
@@ -146,7 +146,12 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
This option specifies the default authentication method for local
users used in <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename> (<literal>host</literal>
- and <literal>local</literal> lines). <command>initdb</command> will
+ and <literal>local</literal> lines). See <xref linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"/>
+ for an overview of valid values.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>initdb</command> will
prepopulate <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename> entries using the
specified authentication method for non-replication as well as
replication connections.
@@ -575,6 +580,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="app-pg-ctl"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="app-postgres"/></member>
+ <member><xref linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"/></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>