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doc: clarify that auth. names are lower case and case-sensitive
This is true even for acronyms that are usually upper case, like LDAP. Reported-by: Alvaro Herrera Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/202205141521.2nodjabmsour@alvherre.pgsql Backpatch-through: 10
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doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml

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Specifies the authentication method to use when a connection matches
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this record. The possible choices are summarized here; details
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are in <xref linkend="auth-methods"/>.
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are in <xref linkend="auth-methods"/>. All the options
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are lower case and treated case sensitively, so even acronyms like
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<literal>ldap</literal> must be specified as lower case.
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