raf via Postfix-users:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 11:46:38AM +1100, Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 07:35:26PM -0400, Wietse Venema via Postfix-users
> > wrote:
> >
> > > > Note, my cursory look at the code suggests that URI connection strings
> > > > MUST specify a database name, the required "dbname" parameter is never
> > > > used to augment the URI, even if it appears to not include the required
> > > > databasename path component.
>
> > At least for unix-domain socket connections, Postgres appears to
> > default a database equal to the username attempting the connection.
>
> The same is true over tcp.
I suppose that the PostgreSQL client library code is looking up the
username, and using that as the default database name for a connection
URI.
Viktor, I don't think that Postfix's pgsql client cares what URI
scheme is being used, as long as the PostgreSQL client library finds
it acceptable. So we can simplify the text to:
PGSQL PARAMETERS
hosts The hosts that Postfix will try to connect to and
query from. Besides a PostgreSQL connection URI,
this setting supports the historical forms unix:/pathname
for UNIX-domain sockets and [...]
Wietse
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