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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index e5f56e55d94..828b5e2caec 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 1.106 2008/01/05 13:17:00 petere Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.107 2008/09/15 12:32:56 mha Exp $ --> <chapter id="client-authentication"> <title>Client Authentication</title> @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ host all all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust # the connection (typically the Unix user name). # # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD -host postgres all 192.168.93.0/24 ident sameuser +host postgres all 192.168.93.0/24 ident # Allow a user from host 192.168.12.10 to connect to database # "postgres" if the user's password is correctly supplied. @@ -839,8 +839,8 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5 <para> The ident authentication method works by obtaining the client's - operating system user name, then determining the allowed database - user names using a map file that lists the permitted + operating system user name, then optionally determining the allowed + database user names using a map file that lists the permitted corresponding pairs of names. The determination of the client's user name is the security-critical point, and it works differently depending on the connection type. @@ -928,15 +928,13 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5 allowed to connect as the database user he is requesting to connect as. This is controlled by the ident map argument that follows the <literal>ident</> key word in the <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename> - file. There is a predefined ident map <literal>sameuser</literal>, - which allows any operating system user to connect as the database - user of the same name (if the latter exists). Other maps must be - created manually. + file. If an ident map is not specified, the database user will be + checked with the same name as the operating system user. Other maps + must be created manually. </para> <para> - Ident maps other than <literal>sameuser</literal> are defined in the - ident map file, which by default is named + Ident maps are defined in the ident map file, which by default is named <filename>pg_ident.conf</><indexterm><primary>pg_ident.conf</primary></indexterm> and is stored in the cluster's data directory. (It is possible to place the map file |