Commit 21640e98 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

doc: clarify that auth. names are lower case and case-sensitive

This is true even for acronyms that are usually upper case, like LDAP.

Reported-by: Alvaro Herrera

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/202205141521.2nodjabmsour@alvherre.pgsql

Backpatch-through: 10
parent da9a28fd
...@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@ hostnogssenc <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceabl ...@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@ hostnogssenc <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceabl
<para> <para>
Specifies the authentication method to use when a connection matches Specifies the authentication method to use when a connection matches
this record. The possible choices are summarized here; details this record. The possible choices are summarized here; details
are in <xref linkend="auth-methods"/>. are in <xref linkend="auth-methods"/>. All the options
are lower case and treated case sensitively, so even acronyms like
<literal>ldap</literal> must be specified as lower case.
<variablelist> <variablelist>
<varlistentry> <varlistentry>
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