I do object to using syntax that makes random assumptions about what a user name can or can't be.
Are you referring to the "+" syntax in the ident file? I chose that because somewhere else (hba?) using the same syntax for groups. The quotes are just there to make the group name case sensitive.
Russell Foster <russell.foster.coding@gmail.com> writes: > I have some code that I've been using that supports adding and > authenticating Windows groups via the pg_ident file. This is useful for > sysadmins as it lets them control database access outside the database > using Windows groups. It has a new > indicator (+), that signifies the identifier is a Windows group, as in the > following example:
While I don't object to adding functionality to access Windows groups, I do object to using syntax that makes random assumptions about what a user name can or can't be.
There was a prior discussion of this in the context of some other patch that had a similar idea. [ digs in archives... ] Ah, here it is:
