| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Helge Bahmann <bahmann(at)math(dot)tu-freiberg(dot)de>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCHES] Allow IDENT authentication on local connections (Linux only) |
| Date: | 2001-08-05 20:09:50 |
| Message-ID: | 3888.997042190@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>> Well, we need to talk about that. I like your idea of making ident auth
>> "just work" on local connections better than Oliver's approach of
>> inventing a separate auth-type keyword.
> This is exactly what I would not like to see. "ident" defines a specific
> protocol, with an ident server. ident over something not TCP/IP doesn't
> make sense, it could confuse admins. Just because it works similar
> doesn't mean it is the same. In particular, the security issues are
> completely different.
Well, ISTM this is a documentation issue. We've already committed the
patch using "ident" as the keyword, so I'd prefer to leave it that way
and improve the docs as necessary.
regards, tom lane
PS: welcome back! Hope you had a pleasant vacation.
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