Case insensitive usernames

From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
To: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Case insensitive usernames
Date: 2005-05-09 20:29:56
Message-ID: 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE6C7456@algol.sollentuna.se
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Today, usernames are case sensitive. This can cause some problems in for
example a kerberos environment (such as a Windows domain, in my case),
because the system usernames are case insensitive. So if I log in to my
workstation as "Maghag" I cannot connect to postgresql, because my
postgresql username is "maghag".

I would like to see a GUC variable to enable case insensitive usernames.
Would a patch for such a thing be accepted? (or if the functionality
alraedy exists, a pointer would be much appreciated)

//Magnus

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