ration parameter.
  </p><p>
   The general format of the <code class="filename">pg_hba.conf</code> file is
   a set of records, one per line. Blank lines are ignored, as is any
   text after the <code class="literal">#</code> comment character.
   A record can be continued onto the next line by ending the line with
   a backslash. (Backslashes are not special except at the end of a line.)
   A record is made
   up of a number of fields which are separated by spaces and/or tabs.
   Fields can contain white s