From 575d7d03306f100d100e69953eadcdcc9e5095df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 03:01:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that PAM requires the user already exist in the database, per Dick Davies. --- doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index 062fa371b8..02f1eae3ec 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -882,11 +882,13 @@ omicron bryanh guest1 default PAM service name is postgresql. You can optionally supply your own service name after the pam key word in the file pg_hba.conf. - For more information about PAM, please read the Linux-PAM - Page and the Solaris PAM Page. + PAM is used only to validate username/password pairs. + The user must already exist in the database before PAM + can be used for authentication. For more information about + PAM, please read the + Linux-PAM Page + and the + Solaris PAM Page. -- 2.50.1