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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index dd3bd8be4d4..b4a851588ea 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.100 2007/07/23 10:16:53 mha Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.101 2007/09/14 03:53:54 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="client-authentication"> <title>Client Authentication</title> @@ -1067,6 +1067,16 @@ ldap[<replaceable>s</>]://<replaceable>servername</>[:<replaceable>port</>]/<rep and the <ulink url="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/pam/"> <systemitem class="osname">Solaris</> PAM Page</ulink>. </para> + + <note> + <para> + PAM does work authenticating against Unix system authentication + because the postgres server is started by a non-root user. In order + to enable this functionality, the root user must provide additional + permissions to the postgres user (for reading + <filename>/etc/shadow</>). + </para> + </note> </sect2> </sect1> |