Re: Patch to include PAM support...

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Dominic J(dot) Eidson" <sauron(at)the-infinite(dot)org>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Patch to include PAM support...
Date: 2001-06-12 16:44:57
Message-ID: 9152.992364297@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> I know there was concerns about blocking but is that problem any more so
> than other interfaces we already support?

We don't need to make it worse. We've already had trouble reports about
postmaster hangups with broken IDENT servers; PAM will hugely expand the
scope of potential troubles. Can you say "denial of service"?

regards, tom lane

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