Re: "peer" authentication: cannot make "pg_ident.conf" work as I believe that the doc says that it should

Am Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 09:15:08PM -0700 schrieb Adrian Klaver:

> >    *# MAPNAME    SYSTEM-USERNAME   PG-USERNAME*
> >    *# -------    ---------------   -----------
> >       bllewell   mary              mary
> >    *
> >
> >
> >As has been said numerous times, it is utterly pointless to define a mapping like this
> >- you get mary-is-mary for free just by saying peer.

It certainly is but he probably did it just to check whether
anything changes when another code path is run (the mapping)
while the previously-working result (= successful login)
should not change (mary is still mary). despite the
additional code path.

It seems to be a way of bisecting in order to verify/falsify
assumptions in his mental model.

Karsten
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