Log Message:
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>I got a new idea on this.  I think we should add an initdb option that
>takes a string to specify the local authentication method:
>
>       initdb --auth 'ident'
>
>or whatever the user wants.  I think this is more flexible and more
>compact.  It would default to 'trust', and the packagers could
>set it to
>whatever they want.  If their OS supports local ident, they can use
>that.
>
>Also keep in mind you might want some ident map file:
>
>       initdb --auth 'ident mymap'
>
>so you would need to allow multiple words in the string.

Magnus Hagander

Modified Files:
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    pgsql-server/src/backend/libpq:
        pg_hba.conf.sample (r1.48 -> r1.49)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/src/backend/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample.diff?r1=1.48&r2=1.49)
    pgsql-server/src/bin/initdb:
        initdb.c (r1.44 -> r1.45)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c.diff?r1=1.44&r2=1.45)

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