| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, rasputnik(at)hellooperator(dot)net |
| Subject: | Re: PAM documentation |
| Date: | 2005-04-27 16:18:18 |
| Message-ID: | 426FBB4A.5080605@commandprompt.com |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
>>momjian(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
>>
>>>Mention that PAM requires the user already exist in the database, per
>>>Dick Davies.
>>
>>I don't recall exactly what Dick suggested, but the patch as applied
>>seems like fairly useless verbiage. Exactly which of our other auth
>>methods allow users who *don't* exist in the database to log in?
>>And why would anyone find it surprising that this does not happen?
Never assume, always be explicit.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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