Re: Unix-domain socket support on Windows - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: Unix-domain socket support on Windows
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Msg-id CABUevEwW4dg8p4XKOO5a8dZ=J-XyTF+eCaQsAnRB1VEVLNLKYQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Unix-domain socket support on Windows  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 4:59 PM Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
On 2019-08-07 16:06, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Am I reading the patches correctly, that getpeereid() still doesn't work
> on Windows? That means that peer authentication doesn't work, right?
> That's a bit sad. One of the big advantages of unix domain sockets over
> TCP is peer authentication.

Correct, it's not supported.  I think it's plausible that they will add
this in the future.

Does it work well enough that SSPI auth can run over it? SSPI auth with the local provider gives you more or less the same results as peer, doesn't it? 

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