I just noticed that the sample pg_hba.conf in the docs doesn't contain
any use of CIDR masks - here's a patch that adds a couple of sample
lines and associated comments.
Sorry for the lateness - I should have done this a month ago.
cheers
andrew
Index: client-auth.sgml
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v
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# TYPE DATABASE USER IP-ADDRESS IP-MASK METHOD
host all all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust
+ # The same as the last line but using a CIDR mask
+ #
+ # TYPE DATABASE USER IP-ADDRESS/CIDR-mask METHOD
+ host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
+
# Allow any user from any host with IP address 192.168.93.x to connect
# to database "template1" as the same user name that ident reports for
# the connection (typically the Unix user name).
#
# TYPE DATABASE USER IP-ADDRESS IP-MASK METHOD
host template1 all 192.168.93.0 255.255.255.0 ident sameuser
+
+ # The same as the last line but using a CIDR mask
+ #
+ # TYPE DATABASE USER IP-ADDRESS/CIDR-mask METHOD
+ host template1 all 192.168.93.0/24 ident sameuser
# Allow a user from host 192.168.12.10 to connect to database
# "template1" if the user's password is correctly supplied.