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Limit pg_upgrade authentication advice to always-secure techniques.

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~/.pgpass is a sound choice everywhere, and "peer" authentication is
safe on every platform it supports.  Cease to recommend "trust"
authentication, the safety of which is deeply configuration-specific.
Back-patch to 9.0, where pg_upgrade was introduced.
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Noah Misch 2014-07-18 16:05:17 -04:00
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@ -235,11 +235,10 @@ gmake prefix=/usr/local/pgsql.new install
<title>Adjust authentication</title>
<para>
<command>pg_upgrade</> will connect to the old and new servers several times,
so you might want to set authentication to <literal>trust</> in
<filename>pg_hba.conf</>, or if using <literal>md5</> authentication,
use a <filename>~/.pgpass</> file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">)
to avoid being prompted repeatedly for a password.
<command>pg_upgrade</> will connect to the old and new servers several
times, so you might want to set <literal>local</> Unix-domain socket
authentication to <literal>ident</> in <filename>pg_hba.conf</> or use
a <filename>~/.pgpass</> file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">).
</para>
</step>
@ -338,8 +337,7 @@ pg_upgrade.exe
<title>Restore <filename>pg_hba.conf</></title>
<para>
If you modified <filename>pg_hba.conf</> to use <literal>trust</>,
restore its original authentication settings.
If you modified <filename>pg_hba.conf</>, restore its original settings.
</para>
</step>