Re: using the system shadow passwd file for remote access

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johnf wrote:
> On Thursday 14 August 2008 09:10:36 pm johnf wrote:
>> Hi,
>> If I set the auth method to 'ident' will postgres use the normal user table
>> to authorize the access? This is Linux.
>> --
>> John Fabiani
>
> Nobody knows? Should I ask in the general list?
>
I hope this helps: as a beginner there is not much I could say that
hasn't already been written; so, according to what I gather from the
documentation
(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/auth-methods.html#AUTH-IDENT)
the exact method used depends on the connection type (tcp/ip, socket)
and also on whether all PostgreSQL users are the same as the OS users.
I suggest you read the previous link, it is quite informative; you might
also want to read your pg_ident.conf file.

Regards,
Barbara Figueirido
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