Re: pg_hba.conf and user files

<brook(at)biology(dot)nmsu(dot)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