Re: Patch: use SCM_CREDS authentication over PF_LOCAL sockets

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Patch: use SCM_CREDS authentication over PF_LOCAL sockets
Date: 2001-08-19 16:40:49
Message-ID: 200108191640.f7JGend24264@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Yes, but I mentioned PEERCRED is new in 7.2 and wasn't widely
> > distributed by Debian, so we should decide which we want first. Also,
> > let me mention that this could turn out to be a portability headache.
>
> Based on your other message, SCM_CREDS will be much more of a
> portability headache than PEERCRED. All the more reason to prefer
> the latter if available.

Agreed. Patch attached. Seems I had socket.h included twice too. Also,
is there a reason fe-auth has the PostgreSQL includes before the system
ones.

And also, there is #ifdef, but there is no version of #elif for #ifdef,
right? Nothing like #eldef, so I have to use #elif defined().

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