Commit 786e2f68 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Clarify documentation about username mapping when authenticating with

GSSAPI or Kerberos.

Ian Turner
parent de9ec654
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<chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title>
......@@ -824,23 +824,28 @@ omicron bryanh guest1
The following configuration options are supported for <productname>GSSAPI</productname>:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>map</literal></term>
<term><literal>include_realm</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Allows for mapping between system and database usernames. See
<xref linkend="auth-username-maps"> for details.
If set to <literal>1</>, the realm name from the authenticated user
principal is included in the system user name that's passed through
username mapping (<xref linkend="auth-username-maps">). This is
useful for handling users from multiple realms.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>include_realm</literal></term>
<term><literal>map</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If set to <literal>1</>, the realm name from the authenticated user
principal is included in the system user name that's passed through
username mapping (<xref linkend="auth-username-maps">). This is
useful for handling users from multiple realms.
Allows for mapping between system and database usernames. See
<xref linkend="auth-username-maps"> for details. For a Kerboros
principal <literal>username/hostbased@EXAMPLE.COM</literal>, the
username used for mapping is <literal>username/hostbased</literal>
if <literal>include_realm</literal> is disabled, and
<literal>username/hostbased@EXAMPLE.COM</literal> if
<literal>include_realm</literal> is enabled.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
......@@ -1027,10 +1032,10 @@ omicron bryanh guest1
<para>
When connecting to the database make sure you have a ticket for a
principal matching the requested database user name. For example, for
database user name <literal>fred</>, both principal
<literal>fred@EXAMPLE.COM</> and
<literal>fred/users.example.com@EXAMPLE.COM</> could be used to
authenticate to the database server.
database user name <literal>fred</>, principal
<literal>fred@EXAMPLE.COM</> would be able to connect. To also allow
principle <literal>fred/users.example.com@EXAMPLE.COM</>, use a username
map, as described in <xref linkend="auth-username-maps">.
</para>
<para>
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