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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2002-08-18 03:03:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2002-08-18 03:03:26 +0000 |
| commit | 2c6b34d95980a102ab0c7f1049ec2869ab01ac74 (patch) | |
| tree | ae0a15e92c7b4db89a1162d781dcf26dcc4b9575 /doc/src | |
| parent | 4b26e7d24bda2d4de00cab1ddb482241487872c0 (diff) | |
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Add db-local user names, per discussion on hackers.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 22 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index d14a123da00..05efc505661 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.125 2002/08/15 14:26:15 momjian Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.126 2002/08/18 03:03:25 momjian Exp $ --> <Chapter Id="runtime"> @@ -1191,6 +1191,26 @@ env PGOPTIONS='-c geqo=off' psql </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><varname>DB_USER_NAMESPACE</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term> + <listitem> + <para> + This allows per-database user names. You can create users as <literal> + username@dbname</>. When <literal>username</> is passed by the client, + <literal>@</> and the database name is appended to the user name and + that database-specific user name is looked up by the server. + When creating user names containing <literal>@</>, you will need + to quote the user name. + </para> + <para> + With this option enabled, you can still create ordinary global + users. Simply append <literal>@</> when specifying the user name + in the client. The <literal>@</> will be stripped off and looked up + by the server. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <indexterm> <primary>deadlock</primary> <secondary>timeout</secondary> |