From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, kovert(at)omniscient(dot)com |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Kerberos brokenness and oops question in 8.1beta2 |
Date: | 2005-10-15 21:28:27 |
Message-ID: | 200510152128.j9FLSR729711@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >> This is not correct.
> >> The default is *not* "localhost". It's the "local host name". As in
> >> what's returned by gethostname().
>
> > Ah, local host name, not localhost. Poor wording. Text updated:
>
> > If not set, the default is the server hostname. See <xref
> > linkend="kerberos-auth"> for details. This parameter can only be set at
> > server start.
>
> The code patch also assumed that "localhost" is a valid way to describe
> the default; you have to do something about that too.
OK, I changed it to "server hostname". Is there a cleaner way to do it?
I don't see us printing the server name anywhere in the our code. I
don't see us calling gethostname() anywhere in our code.
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