Re: Unix-domain socket support on Windows

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Unix-domain socket support on Windows
Date: 2019-08-07 14:58:54
Message-ID: 4cd45296-4e25-61ad-bcfb-a68ae1737119@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2019-08-07 16:06, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Am I reading the patches correctly, that getpeereid() still doesn't work
> on Windows? That means that peer authentication doesn't work, right?
> That's a bit sad. One of the big advantages of unix domain sockets over
> TCP is peer authentication.

Correct, it's not supported. I think it's plausible that they will add
this in the future.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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