# HG changeset patch # User Dustin Collins <714871-dustinmm80@users.noreply.gitlab.com> # Date 1698069892 0 # Mon Oct 23 14:04:52 2023 +0000 # Node ID e4df2d2f62133081212fbd93edd828fcab8c1cbf # Parent d70a0f7aef3198507ece0246aa61619ba39439fc Escape special characters in postgresql password Changelog: changed diff --git a/doc/settings/database.md b/doc/settings/database.md --- a/doc/settings/database.md +++ b/doc/settings/database.md @@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(127.0.0.1/24) postgresql['sql_user'] = "gitlab" - ##! SQL_USER_PASSWORD_HASH can be generated using the command `gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 gitlab`, - ##! where `gitlab` is the name of the SQL user that connects to GitLab. + ##! SQL_USER_PASSWORD_HASH can be generated using the command `gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 'gitlab'`, + ##! where 'gitlab' (single-quoted to avoid shell interpolation) is the name of the SQL user that connects to GitLab. postgresql['sql_user_password'] = "SQL_USER_PASSWORD_HASH" # force ssl on all connections defined in trust_auth_cidr_addresses and md5_auth_cidr_addresses