Re: Best way to manage users

Kevin Crenshaw wrote:
> Thanks for the replies.  I appreciate the advice.  However, I
> think that a better way to pose my question is to ask - what
> are the pros and cons of using Postgres to handle user
> authentication for my web app?

Maybe to add to that question: Is there a way to directly authenticate a
user as a database user when using a web app?  In .net, this is handeled by
a cobination of the OS (active directory - AD), the DB (SQL Server) which
can authenticate against AD, and the browser.  However, how can pg get or
request the authentication from your webbrowser?  Unless there is a pgsql
function that allows login as a different user from a webapp from the
webapp, I would think it's not possible to actually do this the way a
statefull app does it (under windows for example)

Some comments on this would be great, as I have a very similar requirement
and was also toying with the idea of using the pg users, instead of creating
my own tables and user authentication infrastructure.

Thanks

Roland Giesler