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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2023-10-10 16:51:08 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2023-10-10 16:51:08 -0400
commit608ccdbe250a39e21727a05d9f6f6ba0e20476d9 (patch)
treeb0f71ffedddd0baba3ea3d7af203aa3ae8fd3259
parent17fff5a6eff3de0b4fe4f43d9939fb8c3d480256 (diff)
doc: clarify that SSPI and GSSAPI are interchangeable
Reported-by: tpo_deb@sourcepole.ch Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/167846222574.1803490.15815104179136215862@wrigleys.postgresql.org Backpatch-through: 11
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 2c3834d962b..e9c2d82472c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -1510,10 +1510,12 @@ omicron bryanh guest1
<literal>negotiate</literal> mode, which will use
<productname>Kerberos</productname> when possible and automatically
fall back to <productname>NTLM</productname> in other cases.
- <productname>SSPI</productname> authentication only works when both
- server and client are running <productname>Windows</productname>,
- or, on non-Windows platforms, when <productname>GSSAPI</productname>
- is available.
+ <productname>SSPI</productname> and <productname>GSSAPI</productname>
+ interoperate as clients and servers, e.g., an
+ <productname>SSPI</productname> client can authenticate to an
+ <productname>GSSAPI</productname> server. It is recommended to use
+ <productname>SSPI</productname> on Windows clients and servers and
+ <productname>GSSAPI</productname> on non-Windows platforms.
</para>
<para>