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1. Re: [QUESTIONS] PostgreSQL and LDAP ?

   Goran Thyni <goran@bildbasen.se> — 1998-04-27T09:11:37Z

   Herouth Maoz wrote:
   > 
   > At 7:59 +0300 on 26/4/98, Jan Vicherek wrote:
   > 
   > >    Hello, has anybody heard anything on the subject of using PG as backend
   > > for LDAP ? *Any* pointers are appreciated.
   > 
   > While we're at it, anything on the *reverse* question? That is, using LDAP
   > as the user/password and authentication agent for Postgres? Could be
   > *extremely* useful in our university, where all our students have LDAP
   > entries, which we use in web access control, and email access. It would be
   > great if we could grant permissions to LDAP groups.
   
   I saw something about a LDAP/PAM module.
   Supporting PAM-auth in pgsql would give us LDAP and much more.
   
   	regards,
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   Göran Thyni, sysadm, JMS Bildbasen, Kiruna
   
   

2. Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] PostgreSQL and LDAP ?

   Matthew N. Dodd <winter@jurai.net> — 1998-04-27T13:41:27Z

   On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Gran Thyni wrote:
   > I saw something about a LDAP/PAM module.
   > Supporting PAM-auth in pgsql would give us LDAP and much more.
   
   PAM is rather evil.  The fact that one has to add 'support' for it should
   be enough of an indicator.
   
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