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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2023-10-10 16:51:08 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2023-10-10 16:51:08 -0400
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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
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
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@@ -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>