[pgpool-hackers: 4170] Re: bug: localhost entry in .pcppass does not match Unix domain socket connections

[Tatsuo Ishii]

> Hi,
> 
> I checked the behavior of psql when using the .pgpass file.
> The behavior of psql using pgpass is the same as the pcp commands
> using the pcppass, but the difference is that the psql documentation
> expressly explain that the localhost entry matches the socket directory
> determined when build. The default socket directory
> (DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR) is defined as "/tmp" in pg_config_manual.h.
> 
> [libpq - C Library - The Password File]
>    The host name localhost is also searched for when the connection
>    is a Unix-domain socket connection and the host parameter matches
>    libpq's default socket directory path.
> 
> [libpq - C Library - Database Connection Control Functions - Parameter Key Words - host]
>    The default behavior when host is not specified, or is empty, is to
>    connect to a Unix-domain socket in /tmp (or whatever socket directory
>    was specified when PostgreSQL was built).
> 
> Instead of modifying the behavior of the pcp commands, should we
> modify the documentation to be the same as PostgreSQL?

+1 to fix the documentation.

Best reagards,
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Tatsuo Ishii
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