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Re: Using LDAP for PostgreSQL permissions/authentication

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On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:29:47 -0400 Stephen Frost <sfrost@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Thus, when I go to log in as wmoran, LDAP checks my password, then informs
> > PostgreSQL to allow me in with specified roles, and I can do operations
> > granted to those roles.
> 
> That's a little over-simplistic, isn't it?  What about objects which are
> created by the 'wmoran' account?

To address this one question, it's not terribly difficult to make a rule that
handles this.  LDAP could have a "primaryDatabaseRole" attribute that is used
when a single role is required (such as for object ownership) ... that's just
one possibility.


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Bill Moran <wmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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