Re: krb_server_keyfile setting doesn't work on Windows

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> 2009/12/30 Hiroshi Inoue <inoue@tpf.co.jp>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> As far as I tested, the krb_server_keyfile setting
>> in postgres.conf doesn't work on Windows.
>>
>> Because gssapi32.dll(krb5_32.dll) seems to call
>> getenv("KRB5_KTNAME") in msvcr71, postgres.exe
>> should call putenv("KRB5_KTNAME=...") in msvcr71.
>> The attached patch fixes the problem in my test
>> case.
> 
> Isn't the main backend linked with msvcr71.dll anyway?

What main backend directly links is msvcr80 or msvcr90
according to the msvc build environment.

> Then the
> regular putenv should put it in th eenv of  msvcr71.dll, and the stuff
> that's wrapped through src/port/win32env.c will put it in the regular
> msvcr file.
> 
> I wonder if you're possibly being hit with the bug I patched the other
> day, but didn't backpatch.
> (http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=f8bcd7220b1166f7c037ceaf0a53958cbc6a7630).
> 
> Can you see if that fix solves your problem as well? (Either directly
> or by testing HEAD)

I'm testing using the current cvs.

> If not, the fix should still go in win32env.c, not directly in auth.c

I don't object to it. Possibly we would have to add msvcr80 or msvcr90 as well in the future.

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue