Re: [PATCHES] Allow IDENT authentication on local connections (Linux only)

Tom Lane wrote:
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>Helge Bahmann <bahmann(at)math(dot)tu-freiberg(dot)de> writes:
>> On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> There is a more complete version of this capability in the Debian patch
>>> set. I think we've been waiting for Oliver to pull it out and submit it
>>> as a patch...
>
>> Ok found it; uses "peer" as a keyword instead of "ident" but basically
>> does the same thing. I think you can discard my patch then.
>
>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. So some kind of merger of the
>two patches seems attractive to me. But Oliver may feel that he has to
>continue to support the "peer" keyword on Debian anyway, for backwards
>compatibility. If so, do we want different ways of doing the same thing
>on different distros, or should we just follow the Debian precedent to
>keep things ugly-but-consistent?

This change has only been made in the unstable release; so I don't mind
if peer and ident are folded together. Anyone running unstable knows
the world may turn upside down beneath him!

So if you have a patch to do that, go ahead.

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