Re: Need linux uid in pg-psql

Not too worried about nefarious id faking in this environment.
How does one use "identd" in an unobscured way?

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From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 11:55 AM
To: Alan Hodgson
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Need linux uid in pg-psql

Alan Hodgson <ahodgson@simkin.ca> writes:
> On August 19, 2011 07:01:33 AM Gauthier, Dave wrote:
>> Is there a way to get the linux idsid of a user, even for a remote network
>> connection?

> There's an identd protocol for this. It's not commonly used anymore, and when
> present tends to deliberately obscure the results.

Not to mention that it's trivially faked, if the user has root on his
own machine.

            regards, tom lane

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