Re: passwords and 7.3

On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:33:34 +0100,
  Nicolas Kowalski <Nicolas.Kowalski@imag.fr> wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>
> > It isn't mentioned in the MIGRATION section (bad), but is mentioned as
> > change in the HISTORY file:
> >
> >    Remove secondary password file capability and pg_password utility
> >    (Bruce)
> >
> > We honestly didn't think anyone was using that secondary password file
> > anymore.  You are the first to report the problem.
>
> Our PostgreSQL installation heavily depends on this external passwords
> file. This one is generated from a global NIS (standard crypt method)
> database, and thus allows users to connect to the databases without
> the need to change yet another password. This behaviour is really
> appreciated here.

Won't PAM allow you to do something like this?