Re: Best practice? Web application: single PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Best practice? Web application: single PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 12900.1074018285@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Best practice? Web application: single PostgreSQL  ("Keith G. Murphy" <keithmur@mindspring.com>)
Responses Re: Best practice? Web application: single PostgreSQL  ("Keith G. Murphy" <keithmur@mindspring.com>)
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"Keith G. Murphy" <keithmur@mindspring.com> writes:
> Hmmm, mightn't it be kind of nice if there were PAM or krb5 maps in
> addition to ident maps?

ISTM the whole point of PAM is that you plug in your desired security
policy outside of the application.  You shouldn't be asking for more
security frammishes from Postgres, you should be off coding a PAM module
that does things exactly the way you want.

            regards, tom lane

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