Re: GSSAPI Authentication Problem

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 3:50 AM, Hiroshi Inoue <inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
>
> (2012/08/03 21:31), John Slattery wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to report what seems like a problem with the driver. It
>> doesn't seem possible to override the default user name for
>> authentication by GSSAPI. I'm using a map in pg_ident.conf since my
>> Active Directory user name isn't the same as my Postgresql user name.
>> pgAdmin III and psql allow for this, the former by setting Username in
>> the GUI to my Postgresql user name and the latter by specifying the -U
>> option. I tried setting UID in the connection string I am using to my
>> Postgresql user name but that caused the driver to return the
>> following exception:
>>
>> Run-time error '-2147217843 <tel:2147217843> (800040e4d)':
>>
>> Service negotiation failed;
>> The specified target is unknown or unreachable in
>> DoKerberosEtcProcessAuthentication:PerformKerberosEtcClientHandSh
>
>
> How do you login to your Kerberos system?
>
> regards,
> Hiroshi Inoue
>

Hiroshi,

I'm not sure I understand your question, but I'll take a shot at
answering it. The client is Windows XP, so I would say I'm using the
standard/default Windows GINA for Winlogon.

John