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author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2023-10-10 16:51:08 -0400 |
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committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2023-10-10 16:51:08 -0400 |
commit | 5143f764a74adb830b801ad8425ef78ee088573a (patch) | |
tree | 29375c1a65fc46773bbcd723954465c1a876a43e | |
parent | 78691d1f98168206daf7e464a3e9f5cff4bbb7f6 (diff) | |
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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 ea5684569f9..20d0c31ed3b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1398,10 +1398,12 @@ 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> |