Commit e54ec923 authored by Magnus Hagander's avatar Magnus Hagander

Move crypt auth comment to proper section.

Add some details about the name=value format of auth options.
parent f3b507c8
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<sect1 id="release-8-4"> <sect1 id="release-8-4">
...@@ -231,19 +231,6 @@ ...@@ -231,19 +231,6 @@
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove support for the (insecure) <literal>crypt</> authentication method
(Magnus)
</para>
<para>
This effectively obsoletes pre-<productname>PostgreSQL</> 7.2 client
libraries, as there is no longer any non-plaintext password method that
they can use.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Remove <varname>krb_realm</> and <varname>krb_server_hostname</>; Remove <varname>krb_realm</> and <varname>krb_server_hostname</>;
...@@ -724,6 +711,19 @@ ...@@ -724,6 +711,19 @@
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove support for the (insecure) <literal>crypt</> authentication method
(Magnus)
</para>
<para>
This effectively obsoletes pre-<productname>PostgreSQL</> 7.2 client
libraries, as there is no longer any non-plaintext password method that
they can use.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Support regular expressions in <filename>pg_ident.conf</> Support regular expressions in <filename>pg_ident.conf</>
...@@ -793,6 +793,13 @@ ...@@ -793,6 +793,13 @@
Change all authentication options to use <literal>name=value</> Change all authentication options to use <literal>name=value</>
syntax (Magnus) syntax (Magnus)
</para> </para>
<para>
This makes incompatible changes to the <literal>ldap</>,
<literal>pam</> and <literal>ident</> authentication methods. All
<filename>pg_hba.conf</> entries with these methods need to be
rewritten using the new format.
</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
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