Re: Need linux uid in pg-psql

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Gauthier, Dave" <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com>
Cc: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Need linux uid in pg-psql
Date: 2011-08-19 16:44:40
Message-ID: 9798.1313772280@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Gauthier, Dave" <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com> writes:
> Not too worried about nefarious id faking in this environment.
> How does one use "identd" in an unobscured way?

There's a command-line switch for the identd daemon, on most machines,
that tells it whether to send hashed or plaintext responses.

regards, tom lane

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