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Re: Limit on number of users in postgresql?


  • From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • To: Bill Moran <wmoran(at)collaborativefusion(dot)com>
  • Cc: "Willy-Bas Loos" <willybas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: Limit on number of users in postgresql?
  • Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:51:03 -0500
  • Message-id: <10800(dot)1170085863(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>

Bill Moran <wmoran(at)collaborativefusion(dot)com> writes:
> In response to Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
>> Yeah, but the postmaster can't read pg_authid, nor any other table,
>> because it's not logically connected to the database.  So any change
>> to pg_authid gets copied to a "flat" ASCII-text file for the postmaster.

> Would using kerberos or some other external auth mechanism work around this?

Kerberos can't read the database directly either, so I'm not sure I see
your point.

			regards, tom lane



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