 connections. In this case a record specifying
   <code class="literal">trust</code> authentication for connections from 127.0.0.1 would
   appear before a record specifying password authentication for a wider
   range of allowed client IP addresses.
  </p><p>
   The <code class="filename">pg_hba.conf</code> file is read on start-up and when
   the main server process receives a
   <span class="systemitem">SIGHUP</span><a id="id-1.6.8.8.10.3" class="indexterm"></a>
   signal. If you edit the file on an
   a