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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-04-26 03:01:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-04-26 03:01:09 +0000 |
| commit | eceb05b0b9e619352ea2826bba0d4393afe2c8be (patch) | |
| tree | d96708f5b9716a796d9a59b72691cbe4ecb08cb1 /doc/src | |
| parent | c20fb657809325a5ea41587f6e2d54375b3af1e0 (diff) | |
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Mention that PAM requires the user already exist in the database, per
Dick Davies.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index 18269067f84..3f2bdce20fa 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.76 2005/04/22 04:18:58 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.77 2005/04/26 03:01:09 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="client-authentication"> @@ -883,8 +883,10 @@ omicron bryanh guest1 default PAM service name is <literal>postgresql</literal>. You can optionally supply your own service name after the <literal>pam</> key word in the file <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>. - For more information about PAM, please read the - <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/"> + PAM is used only to validate username/password pairs. + The user must already exist in the database before PAM + can be used for authentication. For more information about + PAM, please read the <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/"> <productname>Linux-PAM</> Page</ulink> and the <ulink url="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/pam/"> <systemitem class="osname">Solaris</> PAM Page</ulink>. |