Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Previously, we set pg_krb5_server to NULL, which is something completely
> different than pg_krb_srvname=NULL (yes, they are named very closely,
> but they are completely different things). krb5_sname_to_principal()
> was never called.
>
> This is what wasn't working for me.
>
> > I have applied the following patch which updates the
> > documentation to reflect 'localhost', and improves the error
> > message to always print the server name as well as the
> > service name. (We have had complaints about poor Kerberos
> > error messages before.)
>
> This is not correct.
> The default is *not* "localhost". It's the "local host name". As in
> what's returned by gethostname().
Ah, local host name, not localhost. Poor wording. Text updated:
If not set, the default is the server hostname. See <xref
linkend="kerberos-auth"> for details. This parameter can only be set at
server start.
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