From c1932ec9e864d475b1debbcf26ba77c88dc163d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:52:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Document platform-specificity of unix_socket_permissions.
Back-patch to 8.4 (all supported versions).
---
doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index d11fa29cef9..b45a4d8f308 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -543,7 +543,11 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
</para>
<para>
- This parameter is irrelevant on Windows, which does not have
+ This parameter is irrelevant on systems, notably Solaris as of Solaris
+ 10, that ignore socket permissions entirely. There, one can achieve a
+ similar effect by pointing <varname>unix_socket_directories</> to a
+ directory having search permission limited to the desired audience.
+ This parameter is also irrelevant on Windows, which does not have
Unix-domain sockets.
</para>
</listitem>
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