X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D191753778 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:18:47 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05958-09 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:18:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosting.commandprompt.com (128.commandprompt.com [207.173.200.128]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 405CF537D5 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:18:40 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.52] (fc1smp [66.93.38.87]) (authenticated bits=0) by hosting.commandprompt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j3RGCIma008890; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:12:18 -0700 Message-ID: <426FBB4A.5080605@commandprompt.com> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:18:18 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-1.3.2 (X11/20050324) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Tom Lane , PostgreSQL-documentation , rasputnik@hellooperator.net Subject: Re: PAM documentation References: <200504271603.j3RG3sb08088@candle.pha.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <200504271603.j3RG3sb08088@candle.pha.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.022 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200504/29 X-Sequence-Number: 2959 Bruce Momjian wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > >>momjian@svr1.postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes: >> >>>Mention that PAM requires the user already exist in the database, per >>>Dick Davies. >> >>I don't recall exactly what Dick suggested, but the patch as applied >>seems like fairly useless verbiage. Exactly which of our other auth >>methods allow users who *don't* exist in the database to log in? >>And why would anyone find it surprising that this does not happen? Never assume, always be explicit. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake Command Prompt, Inc. -- Your PostgreSQL solutions company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Programming, 24x7 support Managed Services, Shared and Dedication Hosting Co-Authors: plPHP, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/