Re: Make SSPI documentation clearer

On 10.10.23 22:51, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 09:55:43AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 07:09:02PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 08:36:53PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
>>>>> When the server is on a non-Windows platform then the server must use GSSAPI
>>>>> if it wants to authenticate the client either via Kerberos or via Active
>>>>> Directory. A client on a Windows platform that connects to a non-Windows
>>>>> Postgresql server can either use SSPI (strongly encouraged) or GSS (much
>>>>> more difficult to set up) if it wants to authenticate via Kerberos or Active
>>>>> Directory. A client from a non-Windows platform must use GSS if it wants to
>>>>> authenticate via Kerberos or Active Directory."
>>>>
>>>> Rather than work in negative, I feel like it might make more sense to
>>>> work in positives? That is, perhaps this instead:
>>>>
>>>> On Windows platforms, SSPI is the default and most commonly used
>>>> mechanism. Note that an SSPI client can authenticate to a server which
>>>> is using either SSPI or GSSAPI, and a GSSAPI client can authenticate to
>>>> a server which is using either SSPI or GSSAPI. Generally speaking,
>>>> clients and servers on Windows are recommended to use SSPI while clients
>>>> and servers on Unix (non-Windows) platforms use GSSAPI.
>>>
>>> I developed the attached patch.
>>
>> My first attempt was too terse, so here is a more detailed version,
>> attached.
>
> Patch applied back to PG 11.

Nice! Thanks a lot Bruce! And:

Stephen wrote:
>
>> Tomas wrote:
>>
>> - anybody here that has the guts, time and willingness to take the
>> supposed improvement and apply put it into the git repo?
>
> This isn't helpful and frankly is detrimental to getting this change
> included. We strive strongly to have a positive tone and focus on
> technical excellence.

Thanks a lot Stephen for this comment! I hope it will cause a more
important change on my side than my minuscule effort to improve the
docu. And sorry I didn't follow up - life piled up and I never came back
to this.

Many thanks Stephen, really, very appreciated and thanks Bruce for
picking up the ball!!!
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