Mention in the docs that if special keywords like "sameuser" and

"replication" are quoted in pg_hba.conf, they lose their special meaning.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 785c55050a6ba9472ac6ce76b97da0d9126dc206..59d19383fba4c17d02b80a4a88d78a8f503e4c85 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+
 
 
  Client Authentication
@@ -77,8 +77,11 @@
    a set of records, one per line. Blank lines are ignored, as is any
    text after the # comment character. A record is made
    up of a number of fields which are separated by spaces and/or tabs.
-   Fields can contain white space if the field value is quoted. Records
-   cannot be continued across lines.
+   Fields can contain white space if the field value is quoted.
+   Quoting one of the keywords in database or username field (e.g "all"
+   or "replication") makes the name lose its special character, and just
+   match a database or username with that name. Records cannot be
+   continued across lines.