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doc: explain how the home directory is found on Unix-like syst.

Done for libpq, postgres-fdw, and psql.

Reported-by: marc@msys.ch

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKFQuwZ-T-zsVM7gApS9-XU9vGxC7Oa-UyRQPVcJFagNU=AjOw@mail.gmail.com

Backpatch-through: master
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Bruce Momjian
2024-11-01 13:32:21 -04:00
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@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ OPTIONS (ADD password_required 'false');
user can potentially use any client certificates,
<filename>.pgpass</filename>,
<filename>.pg_service.conf</filename> etc. in the unix home directory of the
system user the postgres server runs as. They can also use any trust
system user the postgres server runs as. (For details on how home
directories are found, see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass"/>.) They can
also use any trust
relationship granted by authentication modes like <literal>peer</literal>
or <literal>ident</literal> authentication.
</para>