Commit cc42c14e authored by Magnus Hagander's avatar Magnus Hagander

Fix release notes about pg_hba changes

parent be99a030
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...@@ -660,12 +660,17 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. ...@@ -660,12 +660,17 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
Parse pg_hba.conf in the postmaster so errors are reported on reload Parse pg_hba.conf in the postmaster so errors are reported on reload
(Magnus) (Magnus)
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Previously errors in the file wouldn't be detected until clients tried
to connect, which could leave the system with a broken file loaded.
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Make pg_hba.conf "sameuser" an optional argument for ident Remove "sameuser" option from pg_hba.conf, making it the default if
authentication (Magnus) no usermap is specified (Magnus)
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...@@ -676,6 +681,16 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. ...@@ -676,6 +681,16 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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Allow usermap parameter in pg_hba.conf for all external authentication
methods (Magnus)
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Previously this was only supported for ident authentication.
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Allow 'ident' authentication over Unix-domain sockets on Solaris (Garick Allow 'ident' authentication over Unix-domain sockets on Solaris (Garick
...@@ -702,7 +717,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. ...@@ -702,7 +717,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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Previously SSL certificates could only authenticate hosts, not users. Previously SSL certificates could only verify that the client had access
to a certificate, not authenticate a user.
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...@@ -725,14 +741,14 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. ...@@ -725,14 +741,14 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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This allows identical usernames from different realms to be This allows identical usernames from different realms to be
authenticated as different database users. bjm: correct? authenticated as different database users using usermaps.
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Issue a warning rather than shut down when pg_hba.conf can't be loaded Show all parsing errors in pg_hba.conf instead of aborting after the
(Selena Deckelmann) first one (Selena Deckelmann)
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