Add note about deprecating krb5 authentication in favour of GSSAPI,

per discussions (a long time ago). Documentation only, we keep full
support in the code.
REL8_3_STABLE
Magnus Hagander 18 years ago
parent 144c519842
commit 9394059261
  1. 11
      doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml

@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.103 2007/11/09 23:52:08 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.104 2007/11/14 14:25:55 mha Exp $ -->
<chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title>
@ -722,6 +722,15 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5
<primary>Kerberos</primary>
</indexterm>
<note>
<para>
Native Kerberos authentication has been deprecated and should be used
only for backward compatibility. New and upgraded installations are
encouraged to use the industry-standard <productname>GSSAPI</productname>
authentication (see <xref linkend="gssapi-auth">) instead.
</para>
</note>
<para>
<productname>Kerberos</productname> is an industry-standard secure
authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a public

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