Request: Support GSSAPI authentication
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 485
- Forks
- 8
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
This is more of a feature request than a bug report, but:
## What did you do?
- I set up a connection favourite to a Postgres server that requires GSSAPI authentication (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/auth-methods.html#GSSAPI-AUTH) and tried to connect to it.
## What did you expect to happen?
- I expected to be able to authenticate to the server using an existing Kerberos ticket I had on my client machine.
## What actually happened?
- I saw an error message on the connection favourite: "GSSAPI authentication not supported"
## What software versions are you using?
Postico version: Version 1.3.2 (2318)
macOS version: 10.12.6
PostgreSQL version: 10
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Research direction
Start by tracing how Postico handles connection favourites and where the “GSSAPI authentication not supported” error is produced. Test against a PostgreSQL 10 server requiring GSSAPI, using an existing Kerberos ticket, and consider the work complete when the connection authenticates successfully.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, postgresql, python
- Domain
- authentication, database, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100