Re: pg_hba.conf improvements - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_hba.conf improvements
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Msg-id 27634.1064376413@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pg_hba.conf improvements  (Holger Jakobs <holger@jakobs.com>)
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Holger Jakobs <holger@jakobs.com> writes:
> What about leaving it to the administrator of a system to provide a
> function (either a C function in a shared lib or an executable) which
> gets information passed and decides whether the access will be granted?

I think this is exactly what PAM is for.  Write your own authentication
module, plug it in.

            regards, tom lane

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