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Old 04-18-2008, 12:59 AM
Tom Lane
 
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Default Re: [HACKERS] Kerberos brokenness and oops question in 8.1beta2

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> This is not correct.
>> The default is *not* "localhost". It's the "local host name". As in
>> what's returned by gethostname().


> Ah, local host name, not localhost. Poor wording. Text updated:


> If not set, the default is the server hostname. See <xref
> linkend="kerberos-auth"> for details. This parameter can only be set at
> server start.


The code patch also assumed that "localhost" is a valid way to describe
the default; you have to do something about that too.

regards, tom lane

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