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Support "samehost" and "samenet" specifications in pg_hba.conf,

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by enumerating the machine's IP interfaces to look for a match.

Stef Walter
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Tom Lane
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.123 2009/06/24 13:46:32 mha Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.124 2009/10/01 01:58:57 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title>
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<literal>/</literal>, and the CIDR mask length.
</para>
<para>
Instead of a <replaceable>CIDR-address</replaceable>, you can write
<literal>samehost</literal> to match any of the server's own IP
addresses, or <literal>samenet</literal> to match any address in any
subnet that the server is directly connected to.
</para>
<para>
Typical examples of a <replaceable>CIDR-address</replaceable> are
<literal>172.20.143.89/32</literal> for a single host, or