From: Bruce Momjian Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:27:53 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Better document libpq sslverify behavior as requiring root.crt. X-Git-Url: http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/static/session/index.html?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e34ac92fc6c9175a6987484530ef61c0a40daf6b;p=users%2Fsimon%2Fpostgres.git Better document libpq sslverify behavior as requiring root.crt. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index 3c9ba6aec2..21892ca44a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -6131,9 +6131,9 @@ myEventProc(PGEventId evtId, void *evtInfo, void *passThrough) When the sslverify parameter is set to cn or - cert, libpq will verify that the server certificate is - trustworthy by checking the certificate chain up to a CA. - For this to work, place the certificate of a trusted CA + cert, libpq requires a trustworthy server certificate by + checking the certificate chain up to a CA. + To allow verification, place the certificate of a trusted CA in the file ~/.postgresql/root.crt in the user's home directory. (On Microsoft Windows the file is named %APPDATA%\postgresql\root.crt.)