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| author | Bruce Momjian | 2023-10-10 20:51:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian | 2023-10-10 20:51:08 +0000 |
| commit | 2b729cf2ce3231338d0034071b309251292dbab1 (patch) | |
| tree | 68bc19c24abb77806b498991b8e1a8e802883beb | |
| parent | 7ef23b87d98258337f6c16391e0526b7fb9ecdbd (diff) | |
doc: clarify that SSPI and GSSAPI are interchangeable
Reported-by: tpo_deb@sourcepole.ch
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/167846222574.1803490.15815104179136215862@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 11
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index fc26e834237..860bf0fcb8f 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1306,10 +1306,12 @@ omicron bryanh guest1 <literal>negotiate</literal> mode, which will use <productname>Kerberos</productname> when possible and automatically fall back to <productname>NTLM</productname> in other cases. - <productname>SSPI</productname> authentication only works when both - server and client are running <productname>Windows</productname>, - or, on non-Windows platforms, when <productname>GSSAPI</productname> - is available. + <productname>SSPI</productname> and <productname>GSSAPI</productname> + interoperate as clients and servers, e.g., an + <productname>SSPI</productname> client can authenticate to an + <productname>GSSAPI</productname> server. It is recommended to use + <productname>SSPI</productname> on Windows clients and servers and + <productname>GSSAPI</productname> on non-Windows platforms. </para> <para> |