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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml index cc11ce69bd2..2ac79245d02 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml,v 1.72 2010/06/10 08:13:49 itagaki Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml,v 1.73 2010/06/11 10:13:08 heikki Exp $ --> <chapter id="high-availability"> <title>High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication</title> @@ -818,8 +818,10 @@ host replication foo 192.168.1.100/32 md5 </para> <para> The host name and port number of the primary, connection user name, - and password are specified in the <filename>recovery.conf</> file or - the corresponding environment variable on the standby. + and password are specified in the <filename>recovery.conf</> file. + The password can also be set in the <filename>~/.pgpass</> file on the + standby (specify <literal>replication</> in the <replaceable>database</> + field). For example, if the primary is running on host IP <literal>192.168.1.50</>, port <literal>5432</literal>, the superuser's name for replication is <literal>foo</>, and the password is <literal>foopass</>, the administrator |