Commit 259f60e9 authored by Heikki Linnakangas's avatar Heikki Linnakangas

Mention in the docs that if special keywords like "sameuser" and

"replication" are quoted in pg_hba.conf, they lose their special meaning.
parent 991bfe11
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<chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title>
......@@ -77,8 +77,11 @@
a set of records, one per line. Blank lines are ignored, as is any
text after the <literal>#</literal> comment character. A record is made
up of a number of fields which are separated by spaces and/or tabs.
Fields can contain white space if the field value is quoted. Records
cannot be continued across lines.
Fields can contain white space if the field value is quoted.
Quoting one of the keywords in database or username field (e.g "all"
or "replication") makes the name lose its special character, and just
match a database or username with that name. Records cannot be
continued across lines.
</para>
<para>
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