TODO list for PostgreSQL

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Last updated:Tue Aug12 18:04:15 EDT 2003

Last updated:Sat Aug16 16:51:46 EDT 2003

Current maintainer:Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)

* Acquire lock on a relation before building a relcache entry for it

* Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout

* Add checks for fclose() failure

* Change CVS $Id: TODO,v 1.1115 2003/08/13 03:12:04 momjian Exp $ to $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/TODO,v 1.1115 2003/08/13 03:12:04 momjian Exp $

* Change CVS $Id: TODO,v 1.1116 2003/08/16 23:33:49 momjian Exp $ to $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/TODO,v 1.1116 2003/08/16 23:33:49 momjian Exp $

* Exit postmaster if postgresql.conf can not be opened

* Rename /scripts directory because they are all C programs now

* Allow the regression tests to start postmaster with -i so the tests

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<chapter id="client-authentication">

<para>

<productname>Kerberos</productname> is an industry-standard secure

authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a

public network. A description of the

<productname>Kerberos</productname> system is far beyond the scope

of this document; in all generality it can be quite complex (yet

powerful). The <ulink

authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a public

network. A description of the <productname>Kerberos</productname> system

is far beyond the scope of this document; in all generality it can be

quite complex (yet powerful). The <ulink

url="http://www.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/people/kenh/kerberos-faq.html">Kerberos

<acronym>FAQ</></ulink> or <ulink

url="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu">MIT Project Athena</ulink> can be

a good starting point for exploration. Several sources for

<productname>Kerberos</> distributions exist.

<acronym>FAQ</></ulink> or <ulink url="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu">MIT

Project Athena</ulink> can be a good starting point for exploration.

Several sources for <productname>Kerberos</> distributions exist.

</para>

<para>

While <productname>PostgreSQL</> supports both Kerberos 4 and

Kerberos 5, only Kerberos 5 is recommended. Kerberos 4 is

considered insecure and no longer recommended for general

use.

</para>

<para>