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Add note cautioning that you can't use an encrypting IDENT server
with Postgres.
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.71 2005/01/23 00:30:18 momjian Exp $
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.72 2005/01/28 22:38:37 tgl Exp $
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<chapter id="client-authentication">
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<chapter id="client-authentication">
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<para>
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The ident authentication method works by obtaining the client's
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The ident authentication method works by obtaining the client's
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operating system user name and determining the allowed database
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operating system user name, then determining the allowed database
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user names using a map file that lists the permitted
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user names using a map file that lists the permitted
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corresponding pairs of names. The determination of the client's
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corresponding pairs of names. The determination of the client's
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user name is the security-critical point, and it works differently
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user name is the security-critical point, and it works differently
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</para>
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<para>
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Some ident servers have a nonstandard option that causes the returned
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user name to be encrypted, using a key that only the originating
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machine's administrator knows. This option <emphasis>must not</> be
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used when using the ident server with <productname>PostgreSQL</>,
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since <productname>PostgreSQL</> does not have any way to decrypt the
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returned string to determine the actual user name.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<sect3>
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