Re: PostgreSQL 9.0 authentication against LDAP/AD

Michael O'Donnell wrote...
>
> I am trying to authenticate PostgreSQL 9.0 login roles against LDAP/Active directory (AD). PostgreSQL 9.0 is installed on a Windows 2008 R2 64bit. My pg_hba.conf setting looks like the following:
>
> host        <db>        <user>        samenet        ldap        ldapserver=<server.domain.net.com> ldapprefix="DOMAIN\"
> I am populating the <db>, <user>, <server.domain.net.com>, and DOMAIN with real values.
>
> When I use the following psql command I get an error:
> C:\Windows\System32>psql -d <db> -U <user> -W
> Password for user <user>:
> psql: FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "<user>"

As far as I can see, that error indicates that it is not even attempting to use LDAP authentication. It would have said "psql: FATAL: LDAP authentication failed for user ..." if it had been using the "ldap" method.

Kind Regards

Hazel Smith
Database Administrator
Cromwell Tools

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