Re: compile error on cvs tip

Sean Chittenden wrote:
> > > > > auth.c: In function `pg_krb5_recvauth':
> > > > > auth.c:294: structure has no member named `user'
> > > > 
> > > > Ooops, my fault --- I didn't build with Kerberos support after
> > > > changing those field names.
> > > > 
> > > > Now that I think about it, there might be similar omissions in the
> > > > PAM or Kerberos4 support --- can anyone try those?
> > > 
> > > krb4 code should be removed from PostgreSQL ASAP for various
> > > insecurities in the protocol.  It's been removed from FreeBSD, MIT,
> > > and Heimdal's code base and is officially unsupported as of June this
> > > year.  -sc
> > 
> > I have added the following to our documentation in the Kerberos section:
> > 
> >    <para>
> >     While <productname>PostgreSQL</> supports both Kerberos 4 and 
> >     Kerberos 5, only Kerberos 5 is recommended.  Kerberos 4 is
> >     considered insecure and no longer recommended for general
> >     use.
> >    </para>
> 
> iirc, we were going to depreciate kerberos 4 in the 7.4 release notes
> and remove support for it for 7.5, giving users one full release cycle
> to move to krb5.
> 
> There any plans to include the appropriate verbiage to allow for krb4's
> future deorbit?

I don't remember any agreement to remove krb4 in 7.5.  Am I wrong?

--  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610)
359-1001+  If your life is a hard drive,     |  13 Roberts Road +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Newtown Square,
Pennsylvania19073