Re: ident client authentication - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: ident client authentication
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Msg-id 4370E492.9050101@archonet.com
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In response to Re: ident client authentication  (Paul Hide <paul.hide@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
Paul Hide wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Is this right then? For ident to work could I, as Bruno Wolff III suggested,
> map the apache user to jim using pg_ident.
>
> I suppose if I do that it might be rather risky from a security point of
> view. Since any script running would then run as jim.

Or *could* run as jim.

> Perhaps I shoulkd do as you suggested and use password authentication.

That would be my choice.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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