From d3ee0279d6f518f352585c417668d2810a00625c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:09:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update PAM documentation, per Alvaro. --- doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index 3f2bdce20fa..12c443332e2 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.77 2005/04/26 03:01:09 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.78 2005/04/27 20:09:50 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="client-authentication"> @@ -883,8 +883,8 @@ omicron bryanh guest1 default PAM service name is <literal>postgresql</literal>. You can optionally supply your own service name after the <literal>pam</> key word in the file <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>. - PAM is used only to validate username/password pairs. - The user must already exist in the database before PAM + PAM is used only to validate username/password pairs, + therefore the user must already exist in the database before PAM can be used for authentication. For more information about PAM, please read the <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/"> <productname>Linux-PAM</> Page</ulink> -- GitLab