Re: Design Considerations for New Authentication Methods
Magnus Hagander <mha@sollentuna.net>
From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net>
To: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
Cc: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, <josh@agliodbs.com>, <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
Date: 2006-11-03T21:52:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> >> To be honest, I have often wondered *why* we support > kerberos outside > >> of the uber l33t geek factor. I have not once in a commercial > >> deployment had a business requirement for the beast. LDAP? > Now that > >> is a whole other issue :) > > > > Single sign-on in a Windows/AD environment (I'm talking clients on > > windows, servers on linux here - at least in my case). I > know several > > people who use it, most just don't post here ;-) > > Wouldn't the LDAP auth in 8.2 resolve that? No. LDAP gives me single credentials, but not single sign-on. I still have to enter my password every time I connect. //Magnus