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| author | Bruce Momjian | 2007-03-24 21:46:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian | 2007-03-24 21:46:23 +0000 |
| commit | 36d35a14df85e0e9a6a599d27232a43e543e4f5b (patch) | |
| tree | 1d0fa51a084d5bef407dedf2c966a042f6f87a0f /doc/src | |
| parent | 5e37b4cb1abc506e3d44f920a6a5605e34ec8992 (diff) | |
Document that LDAP URLs should be double-quoted in pg_hba.conf because
commas are often present in the URL.
Backpatch to 8.2.X.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index 8ea76a0bd08..8b3954df74c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.97 2007/01/31 20:56:16 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.98 2007/03/24 21:46:23 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="client-authentication"> <title>Client Authentication</title> @@ -929,9 +929,13 @@ omicron bryanh guest1 <synopsis> ldap[<replaceable>s</>]://<replaceable>servername</>[:<replaceable>port</>]/<replaceable>base dn</replaceable>[;<replaceable>prefix</>[;<replaceable>suffix</>]] </synopsis> - for example: + Commas are used to specify multiple items in an <literal>ldap</> + component. However, because unquoted commas are treated as item + separators in <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>, it is wise to + double-quote the <literal>ldap</> URL to preserve any commas present, + e.g.: <synopsis> -ldap://ldap.example.net/dc=example,dc=net;EXAMPLE\ +"ldap://ldap.example.net/dc=example,dc=net;EXAMPLE\" </synopsis> </para> |