Re: Please test peer (socket ident) auth on *BSD - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Please test peer (socket ident) auth on *BSD
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Msg-id 2612.1306879418@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Please test peer (socket ident) auth on *BSD  (Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Please test peer (socket ident) auth on *BSD  (Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com>)
Re: Please test peer (socket ident) auth on *BSD  (Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com>)
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Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com> writes:
> My suggestion would be to use getpeereid() everywhere.
> And just have compat getpeereid() implementation on non-BSD
> platforms.  This would minimize ifdeffery in core core.

Hm, maybe.  I'd be for this if we had more than two call sites, but
as things stand I'm not sure it's worth the trouble to set up a src/port
module for it.
        regards, tom lane


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