From: | "Jason Tesser" <JTesser(at)nbbc(dot)edu> |
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To: | "Pgsql (E-mail)" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: linking postgre to AD |
Date: | 2003-11-21 13:13:46 |
Message-ID: | 04875CB4331F0240A0AD66F970978651011376B3@paul |
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Hi,
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 06:27:01AM -0600, Jason Tesser wrote:
> I am looking into using PostgreSQL on the backend here. I work for a Bible College. We are putting together a
> new software package. The database would be on a LInux box but our domain is M$ so we use active
> directory. I saw that there is a PAM module for Postgre. My question is with applications that will both be
> standalone and web what is teh best way for me to authenticate to active directory. C
> Is there a Postgre function that will allow me to do this?
> Does anyone have any other ideas that will work?
> I'm not quite clear what you want to do. If you want to authenticate
> against an Active Directory server, then you need to talk LDAP to it,
> probably using the PAM LDAP module. There's a fair amount of
> documentation on this out on the interweb.
I want to make my standalone apps and my web apps authenticate through AD, but
keep any access levels (groups) in Postgre
> If you want to use AD for client authentication in Postgres, section
> 6.2.5 of the Administrator's Guide details how to use PAM for Postgres
> client authentication.
If I did that could I use a table in Postgre as a groups table so I can control
who can go where or who can see what in a web app? I was wondering if Postgre
had some built in functions that could help me out here?
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