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+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.10 2001/03/15 20:01:32 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title>
of a set of records, one per line. Blank lines and lines beginning
with a hash character (<quote>#</quote>) are ignored. A record is
made up of a number of fields which are separated by spaces and/or
- tabs and cannot be continued across several lines.
+ tabs. Records cannot be continued across lines.
</para>
<para>
<para>
This record pertains to connection attempts over TCP/IP
networks. Note that TCP/IP connections are completely disabled
- unless the server is started with the <option>-i</option> or
+ unless the server is started with the <option>-i</option> switch or
the equivalent configuration parameter is set.
</para>
</listitem>
of the connecting user. <productname>Postgres</productname>
then verifies whether the so identified operating system user
is allowed to connect as the database user that is requested.
+ This is only available for TCP/IP connections.
The <replaceable>authentication option</replaceable> following
the <literal>ident</> keyword specifies the name of an
<firstterm>ident map</firstterm> that specifies which operating
<para>
The <quote>Identification Protocol</quote> is described in
<citetitle>RFC 1413</citetitle>. Virtually every Unix-like
- operating systems ships with an ident server that listens on TCP
+ operating system ships with an ident server that listens on TCP
port 113 by default. The basic functionality of an ident server
is to answer questions like <quote>What user initiated the
connection that goes out of your port <replaceable>X</replaceable>
<para>
<ProgramListing>
-FATAL 1: SetUserId: user 'joeblow' is not in 'pg_shadow'
+FATAL 1: user "joeblow" does not exist
</ProgramListing>
- This is the fancy way of saying that the user doesn't exist at all.
+ The indicated user name was not found in pg_shadow.
</para>
<para>
<ProgramListing>
-FATAL 1: Database testdb does not exist in pg_database
+FATAL 1: Database "testdb" does not exist in the system catalog.
</ProgramListing>
The database you're trying to connect to doesn't exist. Note that
if you don't specify a database name, it defaults to the database