From 045d192222f531948313bde8d43746dde33b522d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Riccardo Magliocchetti Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:53:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [1.5.x] Fixed #21296 -- Added docs for PostgreSQL and unix domains sockets. Backport of 1e39982b6e from master --- docs/ref/settings.txt | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt index 1db9b4029b..c085ea2505 100644 --- a/docs/ref/settings.txt +++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt @@ -469,8 +469,10 @@ this value is assumed to be the host. If you're using PostgreSQL, by default (empty :setting:`HOST`), the connection to the database is done through UNIX domain sockets ('local' lines in -``pg_hba.conf``). If you want to connect through TCP sockets, set -:setting:`HOST` to 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1' ('host' lines in ``pg_hba.conf``). +``pg_hba.conf``). If your UNIX domain socket is not in the standard location, +use the same value of ``unix_socket_directory`` from ``postgresql.conf``. +If you want to connect through TCP sockets, set :setting:`HOST` to 'localhost' +or '127.0.0.1' ('host' lines in ``pg_hba.conf``). On Windows, you should always define :setting:`HOST`, as UNIX domain sockets are not available.