Re: Design Considerations for New Authentication Methods - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: Design Considerations for New Authentication Methods
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Msg-id 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCEA0FCF3@algol.sollentuna.se
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In response to Re: Design Considerations for New Authentication Methods  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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> >> To be honest, I have often wondered *why* we support
> kerberos outside
> >> of the uber l33t geek factor. I have not once in a commercial
> >> deployment had a business requirement for the beast. LDAP?
> Now that
> >> is a whole other issue :)
> >
> > Single sign-on in a Windows/AD environment (I'm talking clients on
> > windows, servers on linux here - at least in my case). I
> know several
> > people who use it, most just don't post here ;-)
>
> Wouldn't the LDAP auth in 8.2 resolve that?

No. LDAP gives me single credentials, but not single sign-on. I still
have to enter my password every time I connect.

//Magnus


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