Re: doc: Fix description of how the default user name is chosen

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
To: Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postgres@gmail.com>, "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-07-06T12:37:05Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 06.07.22 14:30, Matthias van de Meent wrote:
> If we're going to change this anyway, could we replace 'user name'
> with 'username' in the connection documentation? It irks me to see so
> much 'user name' while our connection parameter is 'username', and we
> use the username of the OS user, not the OS user's (display) name - or
> at least, that's how it behaved under Linux last time I checked.

This might make sense if you are referring specifically to the value of 
that connection option, and you mark it up accordingly.  Otherwise, the 
subtlety might get lost.




Commits

  1. doc: Fix description of how the default user name is chosen