From e262e9037c721b63d7c681bb78c4bab2e84fcc15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:58:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] 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
---
 doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 0aadc6abe9..72480a3bb6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -381,7 +381,9 @@ hostnossl  <replaceable>database</replaceable>  <replaceable>user</replaceable>
       <para>
        Specifies the authentication method to use when a connection matches
        this record. The possible choices are summarized here; details
-       are in <xref linkend="auth-methods"/>.
+       are in <xref linkend="auth-methods"/>.  All the options
+       are lower case and treated case sensitively, so even acronyms like
+       <literal>ldap</literal> must be specified as lower case.
 
        <variablelist>
         <varlistentry>