| From: | Chris Travers <chris(dot)travers(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| 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 15:53:36 |
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca> wrote:
> 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?
>>
>> I could write a pg-perlu to get this, but I suspect it won't give me the
>> original user when there's a remote connect.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions !
>
> There's an identd protocol for this. It's not commonly used anymore, and when
> present tends to deliberately obscure the results.
>
Couldn't you use client ssl certs for authentication and encode the
data there in the cert?
Best Wishes,
Chris Travers
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