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author | Stephen Frost | 2023-04-13 12:55:13 +0000 |
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committer | Stephen Frost | 2023-04-13 12:55:13 +0000 |
commit | f7431bca8b0138bdbce7025871560d39119565a0 (patch) | |
tree | 977a68bd13725af6a34cf2fec653f91531149cf0 /doc/src | |
parent | 6633cfb21691840c33816a6dacaca0b504efb895 (diff) |
Explicitly require MIT Kerberos for GSSAPI
WHen building with GSSAPI support, explicitly require MIT Kerberos and
check for gssapi_ext.h in configure.ac and meson.build. Also add
documentation explicitly stating that we now require MIT Kerberos when
building with GSSAPI support.
Reveiwed by: Johnathan Katz
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/abcc73d0-acf7-6896-e0dc-f5bc12a61bb1@postgresql.org
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 21 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index dbba289600..204d09df67 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ omicron bryanh guest1 The keytab file is generated using the Kerberos software; see the Kerberos documentation for details. The following example shows doing this using the <application>kadmin</application> tool of - MIT-compatible Kerberos 5 implementations: + MIT Kerberos: <screen> <prompt>kadmin% </prompt><userinput>addprinc -randkey postgres/server.my.domain.org</userinput> <prompt>kadmin% </prompt><userinput>ktadd -k krb5.keytab postgres/server.my.domain.org</userinput> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index f451204854..3d839d665a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -252,9 +252,9 @@ documentation. See standalone-profile.xsl for details. <listitem> <para> - You need <application>Kerberos</application>, <productname>OpenLDAP</productname>, - and/or <application>PAM</application>, if you want to support authentication - using those services. + You need <application>MIT Kerberos</application> (for GSSAPI), + <productname>OpenLDAP</productname>, and/or <application>PAM</application>, + if you want to support authentication using those services. </para> </listitem> @@ -1048,9 +1048,9 @@ build-postgresql: <term><option>--with-gssapi</option></term> <listitem> <para> - Build with support for GSSAPI authentication. On many systems, the - GSSAPI system (usually a part of the Kerberos installation) is not - installed in a location + Build with support for GSSAPI authentication. MIT Kerberos is required + to be installed for GSSAPI. On many systems, the GSSAPI system (a part + of the MIT Kerberos installation) is not installed in a location that is searched by default (e.g., <filename>/usr/include</filename>, <filename>/usr/lib</filename>), so you must use the options <option>--with-includes</option> and <option>--with-libraries</option> in @@ -2497,10 +2497,11 @@ ninja install <term><option>-Dgssapi={ auto | enabled | disabled }</option></term> <listitem> <para> - Build with support for GSSAPI authentication. On many systems, the - GSSAPI system (usually a part of the Kerberos installation) is not - installed in a location that is searched by default (e.g., - <filename>/usr/include</filename>, <filename>/usr/lib</filename>). In + Build with support for GSSAPI authentication. MIT Kerberos is required + to be installed for GSSAPI. On many systems, the GSSAPI system (a part + of the MIT Kerberos installation) is not installed in a location + that is searched by default (e.g., <filename>/usr/include</filename>, + <filename>/usr/lib</filename>). In those cases, PostgreSQL will query <command>pkg-config</command> to detect the required compiler and linker options. Defaults to auto. <filename>meson configure</filename> will check for the required |