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+typical conf file for pg_hba.conf for dev work.
+
+
+# TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD
+
+# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
+local   all             all                                     md5
+# IPv4 local connections:
+host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            md5
+# IPv6 local connections:
+host    all             all             ::1/128                 md5
+# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
+# replication privilege.
+local   replication     all                                     peer
+host    replication     all             127.0.0.1/32            ident
+host    replication     all             ::1/128                 ident
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