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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index af603a62e83..4fe4b256aa2 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.9 2000/11/21 20:44:31 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $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> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ 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> @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ hostssl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-address</replaceable <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> @@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ hostssl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-address</replaceable 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 @@ -507,7 +508,7 @@ host all 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 ident omicron <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> @@ -628,14 +629,14 @@ Password authentication failed for user 'joeblow' <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 |