| From: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Unix sockets connection authentication - patch |
| Date: | 2001-05-03 16:22:08 |
| Message-ID: | 200105031622.f43GM8iW010761@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> The attached patch implements a method of connection authentication for
>> Unix sockets that support SCM_CREDENTIALS. This includes Linux kernels
>> 2.2 and 2.4 at least; I don't know what other implementations support
>> it.
>
>Are SCM_CREDENTIALS supported by some standard?
I don't know if there is a standard. I've done a search on Google - it
seems to have been invented by Sun and implemented in newer BSD as well
as Linux.
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