On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:28:58 -0400 Lamar Owen <lowen@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > You'll get good answers from the pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx list; this is > a generic PostgreSQL issue. > > PostgreSQL does its own authentication and permissions that are completely > independent of the Unix/PAM auth in use Thanks for the help. Have been there, done that, and discovered the hard way that pam is pretty much superfluous to my application; nonetheless, it was an interesting journey. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3CE delivery <token> = hal