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<chapter id="client-authentication">
local <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <replaceable>authentication-method</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>authentication-option</replaceable></optional>
host <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <replaceable>CIDR-address</replaceable> <replaceable>authentication-method</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>authentication-option</replaceable></optional>
hostssl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <replaceable>CIDR-address</replaceable> <replaceable>authentication-method</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>authentication-option</replaceable></optional>
-hostnossl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <replaceable>CIDR-address</replaceable> <replaceable>authentication-method</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>authentication-option</replaceable></optional>
+hostnossl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <replaceable>CIDR-address</replaceable> <replaceable>authentication-method</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>authentication-option</replaceable></optional>
host <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-address</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-mask</replaceable> <replaceable>authentication-method</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>authentication-option</replaceable></optional>
hostssl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-address</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-mask</replaceable> <replaceable>authentication-method</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>authentication-option</replaceable></optional>
hostnossl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-address</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-mask</replaceable> <replaceable>authentication-method</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>authentication-option</replaceable></optional>
<term><replaceable>CIDR-address</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- specifies the client machine IP addresses that this record
+ Specifies the client machine IP addresses that this record
matches. It contains an IP address in standard dotted decimal
notation and a CIDR mask length. (IP addresses can only be
specified numerically, not as domain or host names.) For example,
# all cases.
#
# TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD
-local sameuser all md5
-local all @admins md5
-local all +support md5
+local sameuser all md5
+local all @admins md5
+local all +support md5
# The last two lines above can be combined into a single line:
-local all @admins,+support md5
+local all @admins,+support md5
# The database column can also use lists and file names, but not groups:
-local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5
+local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5
</programlisting>
</example>
</sect1>