Re: [BUGS] BUG #6687: initdb -A ident can almost never be correct

2012-06-11 Thread Tom Lane
David Fetter writes: > Interface wouldn't change. Instead, it would check for your > once-in-a-blue-moon scenario of identd answering on the network and > error out if it didn't fine same. This is nonsense. As Magnus said, localhost is the one case where identd *can* be trusted. There is no re

Re: [BUGS] BUG #6687: initdb -A ident can almost never be correct

2012-06-11 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 06:21:43PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:14 PM, David Fetter wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 06:04:22PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:01 PM, David Fetter wrote: > >> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 05:51:06PM +0200, M

Re: [BUGS] BUG #6687: initdb -A ident can almost never be correct

2012-06-11 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:14 PM, David Fetter wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 06:04:22PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:01 PM, David Fetter wrote: >> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 05:51:06PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:14 PM,   wrote: >>

Re: [BUGS] BUG #6687: initdb -A ident can almost never be correct

2012-06-11 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 06:04:22PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:01 PM, David Fetter wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 05:51:06PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:14 PM,   wrote: > >> > The following bug has been logged on the website: > >>

Re: [BUGS] BUG #6687: initdb -A ident can almost never be correct

2012-06-11 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:01 PM, David Fetter wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 05:51:06PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:14 PM,   wrote: >> > The following bug has been logged on the website: >> > >> > Bug reference:      6687 >> > Logged by:          David Fetter >> >

Re: [BUGS] BUG #6687: initdb -A ident can almost never be correct

2012-06-11 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 05:51:06PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:14 PM, wrote: > > The following bug has been logged on the website: > > > > Bug reference:      6687 > > Logged by:          David Fetter > > Email address:      da...@fetter.org > > PostgreSQL version: 9

Re: [BUGS] BUG #6687: initdb -A ident can almost never be correct

2012-06-11 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:14 PM, wrote: > The following bug has been logged on the website: > > Bug reference:      6687 > Logged by:          David Fetter > Email address:      da...@fetter.org > PostgreSQL version: 9.1.4 > Operating system:   All > Description: > > When calling initdb -A, it is

[BUGS] BUG #6687: initdb -A ident can almost never be correct

2012-06-11 Thread david
The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 6687 Logged by: David Fetter Email address: da...@fetter.org PostgreSQL version: 9.1.4 Operating system: All Description: When calling initdb -A, it is assumed--wrongly in the case of ident, that every m