Re: password method in pg_hba.conf fails - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: password method in pg_hba.conf fails
Date
Msg-id 200303072027.h27KRSv21375@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to password method in pg_hba.conf fails  (Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu@netbsd.org>)
List pgsql-general
Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> > If your OS supports it, you might also want to consider using
> > Unix-socket-IDENT authentication, and forget passwords altogether.
>
> Most of the story is going on through httpd, so this won't help, the
> user is www, whatever the real user is.
>
> However, last time I checked, UNIX socket ident was not available on
> NetBSD. I'll really have to add support for this some day.

It has been available for NetBSD since 7.2.  OpenBSD is only added in 7.4.

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