Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: > I came across a case this week where I wanted to be able to determine > more detailed auth information on already logged in sessions - not > from the client, but from the server. In this specific case, I wanted > to examine the "is ssl" flag on the connection. But I can see other > things being interesting, such as which user is on the other end (when > pg_ident is in use), more detailed SSL information, full kerberos > principal when kerberos in use etc.
> I doubt this is common enough to want to stick it in pg_stat_activity > though, but what do people think? And if not there, as a separate view > or just as a function to call (e.g. > pg_get_detailed_authinfo(<backendpid>)) By and large, it's been thought to be a possible security hole to expose such information, except possibly in the postmaster log. I'm certainly *not* in favor of creating a view for it. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers