Document platform-specificity of unix_socket_permissions.

Back-patch to 8.4 (all supported versions).
2014-03-29 00:52:31 -04:00 · 2014-03-29 00:52:31 -04:00 · fbd32b0cab
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       </para>

       <para>
-        This parameter is irrelevant on Windows, which does not have
+        This parameter is irrelevant on systems, notably Solaris as of Solaris
+        10, that ignore socket permissions entirely.  There, one can achieve a
+        similar effect by pointing <varname>unix_socket_directories</> to a
+        directory having search permission limited to the desired audience.
+        This parameter is also irrelevant on Windows, which does not have
        Unix-domain sockets.
       </para>
      </listitem>