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Re: BUG #18335: JDBC Postgress Kerberos authentication does'nt work without JAAS

Dave Cramer <davecramer@postgres.rocks> — 2024-02-06T10:45:46Z

On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 at 04:33, PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org>
wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference:      18335
> Logged by:          Anu K
> Email address:      anushaumapathi@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 16.0
> Operating system:   Windows
> Description:
>
> Hello,
>
> I need to connect to Postgres through a JDBC connection in Kerberos mode.
> This is successful only using the JAAS configuration file. Is there way
> without using the JAAS conf file I can set
> this property in the program that are listed in JAAS conf file.
> My required is not to profile the static JAAS file instead I need to send
> the properties.
> The tickecache and just the login module?
> Properties properties = new Properties();
>             properties.setProperty("cache",
> "C:\\temp\\postgresk\\krb5cache");
>             properties.setProperty("loginmodule",
> "com.sun.security.auth.module.Krb5LoginModule");
> pgjdbc {
>     com.sun.security.auth.module.Krb5LoginModule required
>     debug=true
>     refreshKrb5Config=true
>     doNotPrompt=true
>     useTicketCache=true
>     useKeyTab=false
>     client=true
>     ticketCache="C:\\temp\\postgresk\\krb5cache";
> };
>

As far as I know that is the only way to use JAAS on windows.

Dave