Josh Berkus wrote: > Henry, > >> Sun demonstrated that you could build the existing Kerberos support >> with the current Solaris 11 beta's. They opened the "native" MIT >> Kerberos API for outside use. > > Yes, and this will be available via the supported version in Solaris 10 > Update > 4. > > However, that doesn't change that some people would like us to support > GSSAPI, > and there may be some benefit (additional applications, better network > authentication, etc.) for doing so. If we can get additional programmers to > code the support (i.e. Sun, JPL) I don't see any reason not to support the > *additional* authentication methods.
Is there any reason why we haven't built a generic authentication API? Something like PAM, except cross platform? Joshua D. Drake -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings