On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:22:53 -0500 (EST), Kevin B. <db(at)ke5in(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I can see, now, why "local all all ident sameuser" wouldn't work.
> But why doesn't "local all all trust" work when
> "host all all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 true" does?
Because "local" refers to unix domain socket connections, while "host"
refers to inet domain socket connections. Connecting to localhost
(127.0.0.1) is an inet socket connection, even though it's to the
local system.
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-- Cheetah