Re: passwords and 7.3

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Nicolas Kowalski <Nicolas(dot)Kowalski(at)imag(dot)fr>
Cc: Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: passwords and 7.3
Date: 2003-01-27 15:12:03
Message-ID: 26397.1043680323@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Nicolas Kowalski <Nicolas(dot)Kowalski(at)imag(dot)fr> writes:
> And so on. Regular Unix users have their passwords set from the NIS
> passwd database (standard crypt method), and PostgreSQL-specific users
> have their passwords defined in pg_shadow (no encryption there). This
> last use prevents us from using PAM-style authentication I presume.

I don't see why. You could write a PAM plugin to do whatever you want
(that's the whole point of PAM, isn't it)?

regards, tom lane

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