I too have been looking into this as a new user of PostgreSQL 9.0.
1. Before you install PostgreSQL you might want to verify the LDAP packages are 
installed. For example, on CentOS I might run "yum list openldap 
openldap-devel".
2. If you install PostgreSQL from source code, one of the steps is to run the 
"configure" utility. To use LDAP based authentication you should include the 
option "--with-ldap". You might also want "--with-openssl".
3. After PostgreSQL has been installed you can see which options were used 
built in using the command "$PGHOME/bin/pg_config --configure". Check the 
output. If there are no references to ldap, then go back to step 1.
4. You can also use this command to see if postgres is linked with the ldap 
libraries: "ldd $PGHOME/bin/postgres". If there are no references to ldap, then 
go back to steps 1 and 2.
I have not gone past this. I ran into an issue with the one-click installer on 
RHEL 6 that I'm stuck on.
-Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Teguh R [mailto:tag...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 08:31 AM
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: [ADMIN] LDAP Authentication

Hi, My first post, new to postgresql, forgive me if this is better suited to 
other postgresql mailing list. I would like to ask about LDAP authentication 
configuration. It is said in documentation that first the installation compiled 
with LDAP option. I use installer from official postresql site, is it LDAP 
authentication ready? Is there any straight tutorial for setting up LDAP 
authentication for pg? where to put the LDAP configuration (pg_services.conf?) 
and other step to make LDAP user can login using their id. Thanks in advance, 
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