Re: [PATCHES] LDAP auth - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: [PATCHES] LDAP auth
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Msg-id 440C94C7.4060904@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] LDAP auth  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
Responses Re: [PATCHES] LDAP auth
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Greg Stark wrote:

>"Albe Laurenz" <all@adv.magwien.gv.at> writes:
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>>If your patch is accepted and a dependency on OpenLDAP is introduced,
>>my patch will provide an additional gain with no additional cost.
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>Out of curiosity what would an SQL database want with ldap anyways?
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Single Sign On is the obvious answer.

I find it hard to imagine LDAP being sensibly use for any other postgres 
purpose than authentication, despite recent flights of fancy on the list 
about storing large slabs of config data there.

cheersw

andrew



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