Re: [HACKERS] Kerberos brokenness and oops question in 8.1beta2

Tom Lane wrote:
> 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.

OK, I changed it to "server hostname".  Is there a cleaner way to do it?
I don't see us printing the server name anywhere in the our code.  I
don't see us calling gethostname() anywhere in our code.

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