Re: PAM documentation

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
>>momjian@svr1.postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
>>
>>>Mention that PAM requires the user already exist in the database, per
>>>Dick Davies.
>>
>>I don't recall exactly what Dick suggested, but the patch as applied
>>seems like fairly useless verbiage.  Exactly which of our other auth
>>methods allow users who *don't* exist in the database to log in?
>>And why would anyone find it surprising that this does not happen?

Never assume, always be explicit.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake
Command Prompt, Inc.

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