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2 | | -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.76 2005/04/22 04:18:58 momjian Exp $ |
| 2 | +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.77 2005/04/26 03:01:09 momjian Exp $ |
3 | 3 | --> |
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5 | 5 | <chapter id="client-authentication"> |
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883 | 883 | default PAM service name is <literal>postgresql</literal>. You can |
884 | 884 | optionally supply your own service name after the <literal>pam</> |
885 | 885 | key word in the file <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>. |
886 | | - For more information about PAM, please read the |
887 | | - <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/"> |
| 886 | + PAM is used only to validate username/password pairs. |
| 887 | + The user must already exist in the database before PAM |
| 888 | + can be used for authentication. For more information about |
| 889 | + PAM, please read the <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/"> |
888 | 890 | <productname>Linux-PAM</> Page</ulink> |
889 | 891 | and the <ulink url="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/pam/"> |
890 | 892 | <systemitem class="osname">Solaris</> PAM Page</ulink>. |
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