BUG #8365: Two documentation suggestions
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 8365
Logged by: David Tonhofer
Email address: bughunt@gluino.name
PostgreSQL version: 9.2.4
Operating system: Linux
Description:
Suggestions for documentation:
"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/auth-pg-hba-conf.html"
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"Quoting one of the keywords in a database, user, or address field (e.g.,
all or replication) makes the word lose its special character,"
-> Replace "character" by "meaning" for clarity.
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"Require the client to supply an MD5-encrypted password for
authentication."
-> Replace "encrypted" by "hashed" (as done in
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/auth-methods.html#AUTH-PASSWORD ).
-> Actually this should be
"Require the client to supply an MD5 hash based on a password for
authentication."
...as the exchange is more complex than just supplying a hash.
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On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 08:31:40AM +0000, bughunt@gluino.name wrote:
"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/auth-pg-hba-conf.html"
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"Quoting one of the keywords in a database, user, or address field (e.g.,
all or replication) makes the word lose its special character,"-> Replace "character" by "meaning" for clarity.
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"Require the client to supply an MD5-encrypted password for
authentication."-> Replace "encrypted" by "hashed" (as done in
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/auth-methods.html#AUTH-PASSWORD ).-> Actually this should be
"Require the client to supply an MD5 hash based on a password for
authentication."...as the exchange is more complex than just supplying a hash.
I ended up modifying the lines you suggested; applied patch attached.
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