Re: passwords and 7.3 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: passwords and 7.3
Date
Msg-id 26397.1043680323@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: passwords and 7.3  (Nicolas Kowalski <Nicolas.Kowalski@imag.fr>)
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Nicolas Kowalski <Nicolas.Kowalski@imag.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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