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Mentino that PAM doesn't work for Unix system authentication because of
the problems non-root reading /etc/shadow.
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.100 2007/07/23 10:16:53 mha Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.101 2007/09/14 03:53:54 momjian Exp $ -->
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<chapter id="client-authentication">
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<title>Client Authentication</title>
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and the <ulink url="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/pam/">
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<systemitem class="osname">Solaris</> PAM Page</ulink>.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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PAM does work authenticating against Unix system authentication
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because the postgres server is started by a non-root user. In order
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to enable this functionality, the root user must provide additional
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permissions to the postgres user (for reading
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<filename>/etc/shadow</>).
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</para>
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</note>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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