| 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: | Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Win32 port list <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: fork/exec |
| Date: | 2003-11-28 21:42:10 |
| Message-ID: | 200311282142.hASLgAL13880@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Oh, good. I couldn't remember if it was the postmaster or child that
> > validates that key. I now remember only the postmaster needs the secret
> > because it sends the signal.
>
> However, the child process needs the secret for long enough to send it
> off to the client at the completion of the authentication handshake.
> So there is a problem to resolve here.
Oh, yea, so they do both need it. Good point.
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