X-Original-To: pgsql-interfaces-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B51A29DC833 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:12:33 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 98785-02 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:12:37 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 826029DC803 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:12:28 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k0BFCXnO012710; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:12:33 -0500 (EST) To: Ludek Finstrle cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org Subject: Re: libpq and auth type In-reply-to: <20060111105020.GA11904@soptik.pzkagis.cz> References: <20060108085851.GA24997@soptik.pzkagis.cz> <20060111105020.GA11904@soptik.pzkagis.cz> Comments: In-reply-to Ludek Finstrle message dated "Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:50:20 +0100" Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:12:33 -0500 Message-ID: <12709.1136992353@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.083 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.083] X-Spam-Score: 0.083 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200601/21 X-Sequence-Number: 5937 Ludek Finstrle writes: > When ODBC connect to backend with special parameter it needs to > popup dialog (on windows) to enter (unspecified) username, password, > etc which is needed by backend to authenticate. > But this is againist kerberos (and maybe trust) authentication. So? Why does ODBC care which auth method gets used? I'm not aware of any other client code that has ever needed to know that, and so I'm suspicious of your reasoning for ODBC needing to know it. regards, tom lane