Eamonn Martin wrote: > > Hi, > > Could someone confirm that the ability to share the Linux system > /etc/passwd (or shadow) file with PostgreSQL is definitely defunct? > > I've searched the archives and, as far as I can tell, this > functionality was removed after version 7.2 as "few were using it". > Well we were using it and we have thus been stuck with using version > 7.2 ever since. We'd really like to finally upgrade to version 8 > but would rather not create separate passwords for everyone unless > we really have no choice. Is this definitely the case?
You can authenticate users with PAM, which amounts more or less to the same thing. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
