From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 20:51:08 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: doc:  clarify that SSPI and GSSAPI are interchangeable
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doc:  clarify that SSPI and GSSAPI are interchangeable

Reported-by: tpo_deb@sourcepole.ch

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/167846222574.1803490.15815104179136215862@wrigleys.postgresql.org

Backpatch-through: 11
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 2c3834d962b..e9c2d82472c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -1510,10 +1510,12 @@ omicron         bryanh                  guest1
     <literal>negotiate</literal> mode, which will use
     <productname>Kerberos</productname> when possible and automatically
     fall back to <productname>NTLM</productname> in other cases.
-    <productname>SSPI</productname> authentication only works when both
-    server and client are running <productname>Windows</productname>,
-    or, on non-Windows platforms, when <productname>GSSAPI</productname>
-    is available.
+    <productname>SSPI</productname> and <productname>GSSAPI</productname>
+    interoperate as clients and servers, e.g., an
+    <productname>SSPI</productname> client can authenticate to an
+    <productname>GSSAPI</productname> server.  It is recommended to use
+    <productname>SSPI</productname> on Windows clients and servers and
+    <productname>GSSAPI</productname> on non-Windows platforms.
    </para>
 
    <para>