Re: BUG #8114: Peer authentication in cgi-perl

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #8114: Peer authentication in cgi-perl
Date: 2013-04-25 17:07:12
Message-ID: 517962C0.2090007@hogranch.com
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On 4/25/2013 5:22 AM, netterm wrote:
> Its only the Ubuntu 12.04 (and perhaps earlier versions) that does not allow
> the apache user (www-data)
> and provided data to be different.

that error message can only happen with PEER fka IDENT authentication.

if peer/ident is in effect, than NO user could connect as anyone other
than themselves

authentication types are managed via pg_hba.conf

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john r pierce 37N 122W
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