Re: Indent authentication overloading

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Indent authentication overloading
Date: 2011-03-10 23:25:34
Message-ID: 26218.1299799534@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 22:22, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>>
>> Added to TODO:
>>
>> Rename unix domain socket 'ident' connections to 'peer', to avoid
>> confusion with TCP 'ident'

> Should we consider adding "peer" as an alias for "ident" already in
> 9.1 (and change the default pg_hba.conf template), and then deprecate
> ident for 9.2 and remove it in 9.3 or something? By adding the alias
> now (yes, I know it's not in the last CF :P), we can move what's going
> to be a long process up one release...

It doesn't strike me as urgent enough to be worth pushing through in a
hurry. We have got plenty to do to get 9.1 out the door already ...

regards, tom lane

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