so you might want to set authentication to <literal>trust</> in
<filename>pg_hba.conf</>, or if using <literal>md5</> authentication,
use a <filename>~/.pgpass</> file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">)
- to avoid being prompted repeatedly for a password. Also make sure
- pg_upgrade is the only program that can connect to the clusters.
+ to avoid being prompted repeatedly for a password.
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</step>
<para>
Obviously, no one should be accessing the clusters during the migration.
+ Consider using a non-default port number, e.g. 50432, for old
+ and new clusters to avoid unintended client connections during
+ the upgrade.
</para>
<para>