From: Bruce Momjian Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 17:34:23 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Clean up pg_hba.conf X-Git-Tag: REL6_4_2~961 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7bcc2da09f9a42676209a3da96dc0967043884e4;p=postgresql Clean up pg_hba.conf --- diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample b/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample index 0b66bbad14..c526e3b7bd 100644 --- a/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample +++ b/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ # # host DBNAME IP_ADDRESS ADDRESS_MASK USERAUTH [AUTH_ARGUMENT] # -# DBNAME is the name of a Postgres database, or "all" to indicate all +# DBNAME is the name of a PostgreSQL database, or "all" to indicate all # databases. # # IP_ADDRESS and ADDRESS_MASK are a standard dotted decimal IP address and @@ -48,25 +48,25 @@ # # USERAUTH is a keyword indicating the method used to authenticate the # user, i.e. to determine that the principal is authorized to connect -# under the Postgres username he supplies in his connection parameters. +# under the PostgreSQL username he supplies in his connection parameters. # # ident: Authentication is done by the ident server on the remote # host, via the ident (RFC 1413) protocol. AUTH_ARGUMENT, if # specified, is a map name to be found in the pg_ident.conf file. -# That table maps from ident usernames to Postgres usernames. The +# That table maps from ident usernames to PostgreSQL usernames. The # special map name "sameuser" indicates an implied map (not found # in pg_ident.conf) that maps every ident username to the identical -# Postgres username. +# PostgreSQL username. # # trust: No authentication is done. Trust that the user has the -# authority to user whatever username he says he does. -# Before Postgres Version 6, all authentication was this way. +# authority to use whatever username he specifies. Before +# PostgreSQL version 6, all authentication was done this way. # # reject: Reject the connection. # # password: Authentication is done by matching a password supplied in clear -# by the host. If AUTH_ARGUMENT is specified then the password is -# compared with the user's entry in that file (in the $PGDATA +# by the host. If AUTH_ARGUMENT is specified then the password +# is compared with the user's entry in that file (in the $PGDATA # directory). See pg_passwd(1). If it is omitted then the # password is compared with the user's entry in the pg_shadow # table. @@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ # # The format is the same as that of the "host" record type except that the # IP_ADDRESS and ADDRESS_MASK are omitted and the "ident", "krb4" and "krb5" -# values of USERAUTH are no allowed. +# values of USERAUTH are not allowed. -# For backwards compatibility, PostgreSQL also accepts pre-Version 6 records, +# For backwards compatibility, PostgreSQL also accepts pre-version 6 records, # which look like: # # all 127.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 @@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ #host all 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 ident omicron # # The above would allow users from 192.168.0.x hosts to connect to any -# database, but if e.g. Ident says the user is "bryanh" and he requests to -# connect as Postgres user "guest1", the connection is only allowed if +# database, but if Ident says the user is "bryanh" and he requests to +# connect as PostgreSQL user "guest1", the connection is only allowed if # there is an entry for map "omicron" in pg_ident.conf that says "bryanh" is # allowed to connect as "guest1".