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.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/psql.1,v 1.22 1998/01/25 06:12:52 scrappy Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/psql.1,v 1.23 1998/01/26 01:42:53 scrappy Exp $
.TH PSQL UNIX 1/20/96 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH NAME
psql - run the interactive query front-end
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Specifies an authentication system
.IR pgintro (1))
to use in connecting to the
.IR postmaster
-process. The default is site-specific.
+process. This option no longer has any effect.
.TP
.BR "-A"
Turn off fill justification when printing out table elements.
@@ -221,7 +221,11 @@ tabular output. For example
will give you tables with borders.
.TP
.BR "-u"
-Turns on username/password authentication.
+Asks the user for the user name and password before connecting to the database.
+If the database does not require password authentication then these are
+ignored. If the option i snot used (and the PGPASSWORD environment variable
+is not set) and the database requires password authentication, then the
+connection will fail. The user name is ignored anyway.
.TP
.BR "-x"
Turns on extended row format mode. When enabled each row will have its column