>>>>> Denis Feklushkin <denis.feklush...@gmail.com> writes:

[…]

 > Libpq often used for connect to the database without human assist.
 > In this case there is no opportunity to enter a password and get a
 > ticket for authentication in Kerberos.

 > Please add the ability to specify in a function PQconnectdb(conninfo)
 > path to the Kerberos 5 keytab file.

        Shouldn't libpq just assume whatever identity confirmed by the
        prior kinit(1) invocation when using Kerberos for
        authentication?  And, kinit(1) (as of heimdal-clients,
        1.4.0~git20100726.dfsg.1-1+b1) will accept a keytab file, like:

$ kinit --keytab="$HOME"/.my.keytab --use-keytab \
      my/ident...@realm.example.org 

        (Though I haven't actually tested the above.)

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