From 94a8c19eed6cdaffad8939a41ed89e3c6afa7c94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 13:32:21 -0400
Subject: 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
---
 doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml')

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
index 627bb5ab5cc..188e8f0b4d0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
@@ -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>
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