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| author | Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> | 2007-11-14 14:25:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> | 2007-11-14 14:25:55 +0000 |
| commit | 93940592613958f15e96884b302a03a3b83afc28 (patch) | |
| tree | 124c4c23688bb8e95e1e4f5b3b21a15c0d9ffccc | |
| parent | 144c519842d4bcb739739189d623613694d684a8 (diff) | |
Add note about deprecating krb5 authentication in favour of GSSAPI,
per discussions (a long time ago). Documentation only, we keep full
support in the code.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index fd1b25ac787..4e874b72720 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.103 2007/11/09 23:52:08 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.104 2007/11/14 14:25:55 mha Exp $ --> <chapter id="client-authentication"> <title>Client Authentication</title> @@ -722,6 +722,15 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5 <primary>Kerberos</primary> </indexterm> + <note> + <para> + Native Kerberos authentication has been deprecated and should be used + only for backward compatibility. New and upgraded installations are + encouraged to use the industry-standard <productname>GSSAPI</productname> + authentication (see <xref linkend="gssapi-auth">) instead. + </para> + </note> + <para> <productname>Kerberos</productname> is an industry-standard secure authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a public |