hostname:port:database:username:password
Each of the first four fields may be a literal value, or *,
-which
-matches anything. The password field from the first line that matches the
+which matches anything. The password field from the first line that matches the
current connection parameters will be used. (Therefore, put more-specific
entries first when you are using wildcards.)
If an entry needs to contain : or
\, escape this character with \.
+A hostname of localhost> matches both host> (TCP)
+and local> (Unix domain socket) connections coming from the
+local machine.