Re: How to setup PostgreSQL using Windows Authentication?

On Jun 13, 2012 4:21 AM, "Craig Ringer" <ringerc@ringerc.id.au> wrote:
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> On 06/13/2012 02:37 AM, Peter Cheung wrote:
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>> According to http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/auth-methods.html, SSPI only works when GSSAPI is available and GSSAPI support has to be enabled when PostgreSQL is built.   Does it mean that I need to uninstall PostgreSQL and reinstall it with GSSAPI support?  I used the One click installer downloaded from http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows to install PostgreSQL and I’m not sure how to include GSSAPI support.
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> While I haven't used it myself, I'd be amazed if the one-click installer's version of Pg wasn't built with GSSAPI and SSPI support. You shouldn't have to do anything.

Gssapi is *not* required on windows. Sspi support is always available on windows. Gssapi is only required to use Sspi on non-windows platforms.

Perhaps that sentence in the docs need to be changed to be more clear?

/Magnus