Re: Sharing /etc/passwd with PostgreSQL

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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> You can authenticate users with PAM, which amounts more or less to the
> same thing.

I believe though that using PAM against /etc/shadow would require the
postmaster to run as root.  You need some external authentication
server; PAM by itself isn't going to solve it.  Maybe LDAP or Kerberos?

			regards, tom lane

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