On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Brian Crowell <brian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello again! > > I've been setting up my PostgreSQL server by doing something I've > never done before: I've joined a Linux server to a domain so I can use > integrated Kerberos authentication from server to server. > > I've managed to make this work from Linux machine to Linux machine. On > the client, I retrieve my Kerberos ticket with kinit, and then I can > use psql with my username to connect to the server without a password > over GSSAPI. So far, so good. > > However, the eventual goal was to connect to this same server from a > .NET app running on Windows, and here I've run into a snag. The Npgsql > library does not support GSSAPI—it only supports SSPI, which is > nearly-but-not-enough-like the same thing to count in this situation, > because I can't seem to configure my PostgreSQL on Linux to accept > SSPI. If I try it, I get the error: > > invalid authentication method "sspi": not supported by this build > > The docs say that SSPI is supported if GSSAPI is available > (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/auth-methods.html#SSPI-AUTH). > Is this just a matter of me running the wrong build? I'm using > PostgreSQL 9.3 from the official builds for Debian 6. > > If the docs are wrong, and SSPI isn't available server-side on Linux, > what are my other options? hm -- maybe use ODBC? merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
