Commit 2fccc881 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Document that bits to the right of the CIDR mask "should" be zero, not

"must".
parent 8f59e023
...@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ hostnossl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> ...@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ hostnossl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable>
An IP address is specified in standard dotted decimal An IP address is specified in standard dotted decimal
notation with a <acronym>CIDR</> mask length. The mask notation with a <acronym>CIDR</> mask length. The mask
length indicates the number of high-order bits of the client length indicates the number of high-order bits of the client
IP address that must match. Bits to the right of this must IP address that must match. Bits to the right of this should
be zero in the given IP address. be zero in the given IP address.
There must not be any white space between the IP address, the There must not be any white space between the IP address, the
<literal>/</literal>, and the CIDR mask length. <literal>/</literal>, and the CIDR mask length.
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