Re: Setting up PAM authentication

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Richard Ray <rray1(at)netdoor(dot)com>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Setting up PAM authentication
Date: 2002-10-08 20:26:01
Message-ID: 200210081326.01585.josh@agliodbs.com
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Richard,

> I'm trying to setup PAM authentication for PostgreSQL. I compiled with PAM
> and configured pg_hba.conf:
> host test 10.3.62.251 255.255.255.255 pam
>
> When I try to connect I get:
> psql: FATAL 1: PAM authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
> The log shows:
> CheckPAMAuth: pam_authenticate failed: 'No account present for user'
> FATAL 1: PAM authentication failed for user "postgres"

You need to set up a PAM module for Postgresql. I can't explain how to do
this, though, especially on HP-UX; try consulting a Unix manual about
configuring PAM.

Also, are you certain that HP-UX uses PAM?

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-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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