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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
index d2773134a29..bca9f46830c 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
* exceed INITIAL_EXPBUFFER_SIZE (currently 256 bytes).
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c,v 1.106 2005/10/17 16:24:20 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c,v 1.107 2005/10/24 15:38:37 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -500,6 +500,16 @@ pg_fe_getauthname(char *PQerrormsg)
struct passwd *pw = NULL;
#endif
+ /*
+ * pglock_thread() really only needs to be called around
+ * pg_krb5_authname(), but some users are using configure
+ * --enable-thread-safety-force, so we might as well do
+ * the locking within our library to protect pqGetpwuid().
+ * In fact, application developers can use getpwuid()
+ * in their application if they use the locking call we
+ * provide, or install their own locking function using
+ * PQregisterThreadLock().
+ */
pglock_thread();
#ifdef KRB5