Re: Need linux uid in pg-psql

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Need linux uid in pg-psql
Date: 2011-08-19 15:54:57
Message-ID: 8853.1313769297@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca> writes:
> On August 19, 2011 07:01:33 AM Gauthier, Dave wrote:
>> Is there a way to get the linux idsid of a user, even for a remote network
>> connection?

> There's an identd protocol for this. It's not commonly used anymore, and when
> present tends to deliberately obscure the results.

Not to mention that it's trivially faked, if the user has root on his
own machine.

regards, tom lane

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