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Re: [PATCHES] Allow IDENT authentication on local connections (Linux only) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Allow IDENT authentication on local connections (Linux only)
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Msg-id 1734.996726277@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Allow IDENT authentication on local connections (Linux only)  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Can someone find the Solaris patch submitted a few months ago that did a
> similar thing?  I can't seem to find it.

I couldn't find one either.  I found a couple of unsupported assertions
that Solaris and *BSD had SO_PEERCRED, so the Linux patch might work
for them.  We'll find out soon enough, I suppose.
        regards, tom lane

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