Re: .pgpass file and unix domain sockets

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: .pgpass file and unix domain sockets
Date: 2006-05-16 15:49:45
Message-ID: 4469F499.1040002@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de> writes:
>
>> I send in the appended documentation patch to fix at least the
>> documentation.
>>
>
> This is wrong according to my tests. "localhost" *does* work,
> at least in some cases.
>
>

As I understand it, the only case where it doesn't is where an explicit
host connection parameter pointing to the socket directory, or the same
via PGHOST, is used, Is that right?

cheers

andrew

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