Re: 7.3.2, pam, on Linux 2.4.18-18.7.x i686

On Fri, 16 May 2003, ahoward wrote:

well - scoured the new groups and no fixes seem to exist.

this works though:

chmod 444 /etc/shadow

;-)

i know that's no a 'good thing'. but how else is a daemon running as user
postgres supposed to use a lib which must eventually open /etc/shadow (i some
configurations). does this sound like a bug in pam?

-a

>
>
> greetings-
>
> i've read quite a few posts, but no resolution, to woes people seem to have
> setting pam up in pg_hba.conf.
>
> my problem is as all the rest - it doesn't work, but should. i'm 100%
> confident that i've set things up correctly as i've got pam working on another
> linux/pgsql pair (different versions).
>
> so, before i post another detailed trace of my exact error's/failures i wanted
> to see if anyone knows of bugs pertaining to pam or postgresql's interface to
> it? if so, are there patches out there? has anyone out there gotten pam to
> work unsing 7.3.2 on Linux 2.4.18-18.7.x i686?
>
> thanks in advance for any information.
>
> regards.
>
> -a
>
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| Ara Howard
| NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory
| Information and Technology Services
| Data Systems Group
| R/FST 325 Broadway
| Boulder, CO 80305-3328
| Email: ara(dot)t(dot)howard(at)fsl(dot)noaa(dot)gov
| Phone: 303-497-7238
| Fax: 303-497-7259
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