> Hi
>
> I have started to use ldap for user authentication on my systems.
>
> 1 is it possible to get postgres to authenticate against ldap
Yes. With current releases you can do this with PAM, assuming you're on
a platform that can do PAM. If your platform can't do PAM (for example,
Windows), you can't do LDAP auth.
8.2 will have direct LDAP authentication without PAM.
> 2 is it advisable to do this ?
Sure, I see no reason why not. Beware of insecure password transports
though - you'll need to use SSL/TLS or similar to secure the connection
if you're going across insecure networks.
//Magnus