Hi Christian,

thanks for your answer
I tried to use the new sspi authentication in PostgreSQL 8.3 to directly
use a Windows user for PostgreSQL authentication. So for a test I changed
[...]
I'm using Windows XP Professional with SP2 and a lot of additional

Do you have "Simple File Sharing" enabled? If so, the client user is always
authenticated as Guest. The Guest user is usually disabled, which makes
authentication fail.
No, "Simple File Sharing" is not enabled.

And even the PostgreSQL service itself is unable to start when I enable SSPI...

BTW, I use a German language version of Windows XP Pro if that matters.

with regards,
Matthias


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