From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | wespvp(at)syntegra(dot)com |
Cc: | PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Ident authentication is not supported on local connections |
Date: | 2004-03-23 21:37:39 |
Message-ID: | 200403232137.i2NLbd703493@candle.pha.pa.us |
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wespvp(at)syntegra(dot)com wrote:
> I'm running PostgreSQL 7.4.1 and trying to use an application on Solaris
> that relies on "ident sameuser". In the postgres log I get:
>
> "Ident authentication is not supported on local connections on this
> platform"
>
> The only thread I could find on this seems to indicate a patch was put in
> way back at 7.1.2.
>
> Is there a way to get this to work on Solaris?
It can be added if you tell us how you can find out who is the user on
the other end of a unix domain socket. See src/backend/libpq/auth.h and
hba.c and look for mentions of CRED to see how other platforms do it.
It is usually some system call like get/setsockopt().
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