<brook@biology.nmsu.edu> writes:
> I am trying to set up pg_hba.conf for PostgreSQL 7.3. I want to limit
> access to a database from a host to the set of users in a file. The
> documentation suggests that this is done as follows:
> host dbname @user_file 10.0.1.12 255.255.255.255 md5
> However, the postmaster complains of a syntax error for lines such as
> this.
Hm, looks all right to me. What's the *exact* error message? Also,
please look in the postmaster's log (stderr or syslog); there may be
more info there than is reported to the client.
regards, tom lane
