Re: [GENERAL] postgres and ldap

2006-06-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
Doc patch applied. I must have missed the second attachment. --- Tom Lane wrote: > "Magnus Hagander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Actually, the docs *were* submitted. See > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2

Re: [GENERAL] postgres and ldap

2006-06-16 Thread Tom Lane
"Magnus Hagander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Actually, the docs *were* submitted. See > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-12/msg00375.php. > Applied per > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-03/msg00080.php, I > think it's just the docs that were missed. Ah. I had

Re: [GENERAL] postgres and ldap

2006-06-16 Thread Magnus Hagander
> > > 8.2 will have direct LDAP authentication without PAM. > > > > That code's going to go away real soon if some > documentation doesn't > > show up. I can't believe Bruce was sloppy enough to accept > a feature > > patch with zero documentation. > > ?? I thought I had sent in the docs for

Re: [GENERAL] postgres and ldap

2006-06-16 Thread Magnus Hagander
> > 8.2 will have direct LDAP authentication without PAM. > > That code's going to go away real soon if some documentation > doesn't show up. I can't believe Bruce was sloppy enough to > accept a feature patch with zero documentation. ?? I thought I had sent in the docs for that. Will dig thro

Re: [GENERAL] postgres and ldap

2006-06-16 Thread Tom Lane
"Magnus Hagander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 8.2 will have direct LDAP authentication without PAM. That code's going to go away real soon if some documentation doesn't show up. I can't believe Bruce was sloppy enough to accept a feature patch with zero documentation. r

Re: [GENERAL] postgres and ldap

2006-06-16 Thread Magnus Hagander
> Hi > > I have started to use ldap for user authentication on my systems. > > 1 is it possible to get postgres to authenticate against ldap Yes. With current releases you can do this with PAM, assuming you're on a platform that can do PAM. If your platform can't do PAM (for example, Windows), y

[GENERAL] postgres and ldap

2006-06-15 Thread Samad, Alex
Hi I have started to use ldap for user authentication on my systems. 1 is it possible to get postgres to authenticate against ldap 2 is it advisable to do this ? Alex ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend

[GENERAL] postgres and ldap

2006-06-15 Thread Samad, Alex
Hi I am in the process of rolling out ldap on my servers for authentication, I was wondering is it possible to have postgres to authenticate against ldap. Is this even a sane thing to do. I was thinking something similar to the way my linux boxes are setup. All normal users in the ldap tree and