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Improve release note explanation of the change in libpq's handling of 

default usernames versus Kerberos tickets.  Per confusion about what
bug #4824 was really about.
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Tom Lane 2009-05-27 22:12:53 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml,v 1.6 2009/05/14 22:17:28 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml,v 1.7 2009/05/27 22:12:53 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
<sect1 id="release-8-4">
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<listitem>
<para>
Make Kerberos connections use the same method to determine the
username of the client as all other authentication methods (Magnus)
Do not rely on Kerberos tickets to determine the default database
username (Magnus)
</para>
<para>
Previously a special Kerberos-only API was used.
Previously, a Kerberos-capable build of libpq would use the
principal name from any available Kerberos ticket as default
database username, even if the connection wasn't using Kerberos
authentication. This was deemed inconsistent and confusing.
The default username is now determined the same way with or
without Kerberos. Note however that the database username must still
match the ticket when Kerberos authentication is used.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>