Re: PAM auth - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: PAM auth
Date
Msg-id 20060620130507.GI26882@surnet.cl
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In response to Re: PAM auth  (Satoshi Nagayasu <nagayasus@nttdata.co.jp>)
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Satoshi Nagayasu wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >don't use system auth. PAM can authenticate from many sources, not just
> >the system password files. LDAP is a commonly used source.
> 
> The reason why I'm trying to use PAM, is I need a feature
> to account lock-out after N-times login failures on PG,
> like pam_tally module.

I think Andrew is suggesting using LDAP atop PAM, so you'd be able to
use pam_tally anyway -- just switch away from "system-auth".

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