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Fix release notes about pg_hba changes
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doc/src/sgml/release.sgml

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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.606 2009/03/27 02:25:04 momjian Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.607 2009/03/27 11:58:21 mha Exp $ -->
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Parse pg_hba.conf in the postmaster so errors are reported on reload
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</para>
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<para>
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Previously errors in the file wouldn't be detected until clients tried
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to connect, which could leave the system with a broken file loaded.
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Make pg_hba.conf "sameuser" an optional argument for ident
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authentication (Magnus)
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Remove "sameuser" option from pg_hba.conf, making it the default if
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no usermap is specified (Magnus)
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settings (Magnus)
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Allow usermap parameter in pg_hba.conf for all external authentication
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methods (Magnus)
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</para>
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Previously this was only supported for ident authentication.
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Previously SSL certificates could only authenticate hosts, not users.
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Previously SSL certificates could only verify that the client had access
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to a certificate, not authenticate a user.
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This allows identical usernames from different realms to be
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authenticated as different database users. bjm: correct?
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authenticated as different database users using usermaps.
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Issue a warning rather than shut down when pg_hba.conf can't be loaded
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(Selena Deckelmann)
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Show all parsing errors in pg_hba.conf instead of aborting after the
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first one (Selena Deckelmann)
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