Re: Deprecations in authentication - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Deprecations in authentication
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Msg-id 29896.1350578330@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Deprecations in authentication  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Deprecations in authentication  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>> 2. ident-over-unix-sockets was renamed to "peer" in 9.1, with the old
>> syntax deprecated but still mapping to the new one. Has it been there
>> long enough that we should start throwing an error for ident on unix?

> Definitely not.  I see no reason to change that, well, really ever.
> But certainly not after just two releases.  It seems to me like a
> useful convenience that does no real harm.

I think the argument that it causes user confusion is a fairly strong
one, though.
        regards, tom lane



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