Re: [HACKERS] pgsql/php3/apache authentication

From: Peter Eisentraut <e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE>
To: Jim Mercer <jim(at)reptiles(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] pgsql/php3/apache authentication
Date: 2000-04-27 08:02:32
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.02A.10004271000510.23225-100000@Duva.DoCS.UU.SE
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On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Jim Mercer wrote:

> - queries via localhost (unix domain sockets) should assume that the pg_user
> is the same as the unix user running the process.

There's no way for the server to determine the system user name of the
other end of a domain socket; at least no one has implemented one yet. So
essentially this isn't going to work.

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Peter Eisentraut Sernanders väg 10:115
peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net 75262 Uppsala
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