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Commit eceb05b0 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian
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Mention that PAM requires the user already exist in the database, per

Dick Davies.
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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>.
For more information about PAM, please read the
<ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/">
PAM is used only to validate username/password pairs.
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>
and the <ulink url="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/pam/">
<systemitem class="osname">Solaris</> PAM Page</ulink>.
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