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

Can you send over your version for review. We can edit the 'peer' part.

> Tom Lane wrote:
> >[ redirected to pgsql-hackers for comment ]
> >
> >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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