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Re: LDAP, single sign on from Windows client

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Greetings,

* chlor (hans.schou@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> I have a Linux server which is setup with authentication via LDAP against a
> Windows A/D. In pg_hba I have
> host ... ldap ldapserver=example.org ldapprefix="" ldapsuffix="@example.org"
> 
> The user is also created in PostgreSQL but without a password.
> I can then login with psql from a Windows client with a user defined in the
> AD.
> 
> But the problem is that psql asks for a password.
> Is it possible to make a single sign-on without the password prompt?

Yes, use GSSAPI based authentication instead of LDAP.  Using GSSAPI is
also more secure and avoids sending the user's password to the PG
server.

PG Docs: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/gssapi-auth.html

Blog I wrote about setting it up:

https://blog.crunchydata.com/blog/windows-active-directory-postgresql-gssapi-kerberos-authentication

Thanks,

Stephen

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