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authorBruce Momjian2023-10-10 20:51:08 +0000
committerBruce Momjian2023-10-10 20:51:08 +0000
commit8a6d68fc6849633a01d18d49e0c1911893ffb2b1 (patch)
tree2d522c08056cfdf3123b16ead62fd956ff342a54
parent8e78f0a159bc43e2c1eb8b9597d59bc6c154467b (diff)
doc: clarify that SSPI and GSSAPI are interchangeable
Reported-by: [email protected] Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/167846222574.1803490.15815104179136215862@wrigleys.postgresql.org Backpatch-through: 11
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 82bfd25fd1..73e3b39e8b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -1505,10 +1505,12 @@ omicron bryanh guest1
<literal>negotiate</literal> mode, which will use
<productname>Kerberos</productname> when possible and automatically
fall back to <productname>NTLM</productname> in other cases.
- <productname>SSPI</productname> authentication only works when both
- server and client are running <productname>Windows</productname>,
- or, on non-Windows platforms, when <productname>GSSAPI</productname>
- is available.
+ <productname>SSPI</productname> and <productname>GSSAPI</productname>
+ interoperate as clients and servers, e.g., an
+ <productname>SSPI</productname> client can authenticate to an
+ <productname>GSSAPI</productname> server. It is recommended to use
+ <productname>SSPI</productname> on Windows clients and servers and
+ <productname>GSSAPI</productname> on non-Windows platforms.
</para>
<para>