postgres and ldap
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
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), you can't do LDAP auth.
8.2 will have direct LDAP authentication without PAM.
2 is it advisable to do this ?
Sure, I see no reason why not. Beware of insecure password transports
though - you'll need to use SSL/TLS or similar to secure the connection
if you're going across insecure networks.
//Magnus
"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> 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.
regards, tom lane
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 through my notes
when I get home to resubmit. (I have certainly written it, because my
local docs copy has it!)
//Magnus
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
through my notes when I get home to resubmit. (I have
certainly written it, because my local docs copy has it!)
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.
I don't recall any feedback about updating them, so I think that patch
still stands.
//Magnus
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"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> 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 found the docs-less commit but didn't go looking through patches.
Will gather up the docs and apply unless Bruce beats me to it. Thanks.
regards, tom lane
Doc patch applied. I must have missed the second attachment.
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Tom Lane wrote:
"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> 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 found the docs-less commit but didn't go looking through patches.
Will gather up the docs and apply unless Bruce beats me to it. Thanks.regards, tom lane
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