Re: pg_hba options parsing

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_hba options parsing
Date: 2008-10-23 13:31:48
Message-ID: 49007CC4.4020904@hagander.net
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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> This patch changes the options field of pg_hba.conf to take name/value
> pairs instead of a fixed string. This makes it a lot nicer to deal with
> auth methods that need more than one parameter, such as LDAP.
>
> While at it, it also adds map support to kerberos, gssapi and sspi and
> not just ident - basically all methods where the username comes from an
> outside source (lmk if I missed one).
>
> Also in passing, changes the methods in auth.c to deal with "unsupported
> auth method on this platform" errors the same way for all authentication
> methods.

Applied with suggested changes.

//Magnus

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