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| 1 | +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.100 2007/07/23 10:16:53 mha Exp $ --> |
2 | 2 |
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3 | 3 | <chapter id="client-authentication">
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4 | 4 | <title>Client Authentication</title>
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@@ -358,6 +358,17 @@ hostnossl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable>
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358 | 358 | </listitem>
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359 | 359 | </varlistentry>
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360 | 360 |
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| 361 | + <varlistentry> |
| 362 | + <term><literal>sspi</></term> |
| 363 | + <listitem> |
| 364 | + <para> |
| 365 | + Use SSPI to authenticate the user. This is only |
| 366 | + available on Windows. See <xref |
| 367 | + linkend="sspi-auth"> for details. |
| 368 | + </para> |
| 369 | + </listitem> |
| 370 | + </varlistentry> |
| 371 | + |
361 | 372 | <varlistentry>
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362 | 373 | <term><literal>krb5</></term>
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363 | 374 | <listitem>
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@@ -677,6 +688,33 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5
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677 | 688 |
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678 | 689 | </sect2>
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679 | 690 |
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| 691 | + <sect2 id="sspi-auth"> |
| 692 | + <title>SSPI authentication</title> |
| 693 | + |
| 694 | + <indexterm zone="sspi-auth"> |
| 695 | + <primary>SSPI</primary> |
| 696 | + </indexterm> |
| 697 | + |
| 698 | + <para> |
| 699 | + <productname>SSPI</productname> is a <productname>Windows</productname> |
| 700 | + technology for secure authentication with single sign-on. |
| 701 | + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will use SSPI in |
| 702 | + <literal>negotiate</literal> mode, which will use |
| 703 | + <productname>Kerberos</productname> when possible and automatically |
| 704 | + fall back to <productname>NTLM</productname> in other cases. |
| 705 | + <productname>SSPI</productname> authentication only works when both |
| 706 | + server and client are running <productname>Windows</productname>. |
| 707 | + </para> |
| 708 | + |
| 709 | + <para> |
| 710 | + When using <productname>Kerberos</productname> authentication, |
| 711 | + <productname>SSPI</productname> works the same way |
| 712 | + <productname>GSSAPI</productname> does. See <xref linkend="gssapi-auth"> |
| 713 | + for details. |
| 714 | + </para> |
| 715 | + |
| 716 | + </sect2> |
| 717 | + |
680 | 718 | <sect2 id="kerberos-auth">
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681 | 719 | <title>Kerberos authentication</title>
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682 | 720 |
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