Re: Sharing /etc/passwd with PostgreSQL

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Eamonn Martin <mas01em(at)gold(dot)ac(dot)uk>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Sharing /etc/passwd with PostgreSQL
Date: 2009-08-08 00:40:25
Message-ID: 4101.1249692025@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> You can authenticate users with PAM, which amounts more or less to the
> same thing.

I believe though that using PAM against /etc/shadow would require the
postmaster to run as root. You need some external authentication
server; PAM by itself isn't going to solve it. Maybe LDAP or Kerberos?

regards, tom lane

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