| From: | "Gauthier, Dave" <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Need linux uid in pg-psql |
| Date: | 2011-08-19 16:07:41 |
| Message-ID: | 482E80323A35A54498B8B70FF2B8798004CFB01777@azsmsx504.amr.corp.intel.com |
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Not too worried about nefarious id faking in this environment.
How does one use "identd" in an unobscured way?
-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 11:55 AM
To: Alan Hodgson
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Need linux uid in pg-psql
Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca> writes:
> On August 19, 2011 07:01:33 AM Gauthier, Dave wrote:
>> Is there a way to get the linux idsid of a user, even for a remote network
>> connection?
> There's an identd protocol for this. It's not commonly used anymore, and when
> present tends to deliberately obscure the results.
Not to mention that it's trivially faked, if the user has root on his
own machine.
regards, tom lane
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