Re: BUG #18779: Segmentation fault while trying to connect via psql

From: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: dan-eli(at)mail(dot)ru, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #18779: Segmentation fault while trying to connect via psql
Date: 2025-01-19 02:32:02
Message-ID: CAMkU=1ygOAzswdNP-Zf3w8VDFxbxBpDfQGD5mvo1ayo2sagULQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM PG Bug reporting form <
noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 18779
> Logged by: Daniel Elishakov
> Email address: dan-eli(at)mail(dot)ru
> PostgreSQL version: 16.6
> Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
> Description:
>
> This bug takes place in Debian-based operating systems. To replicate this
> bug please do following:
> 1) Install and initialize PostgreSQL dbms
>

I think we need more details. There are multiple ways to do both of those
things.

> 2) Switch user to root (sudo -i)
> 3) Switch user to postgres
>

What if you just use one command, sudo -i -u postgres?

> 4) run command psql -U postgres -h localhost (may run multiple times to see
> the bug)
>
> Looks like this bug occurs because root user has ENV variable KRB5CCNAME,
> while postgres does not.

What did you do to make this happen? A default debian installation does
have KRB5CCNAME set for root.

Cheers,

Jeff

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