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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index 76cba407515..86aab400f7b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.17 2001/08/16 16:24:15 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.18 2001/09/06 03:23:38 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="client-authentication"> <title>Client Authentication</title> @@ -278,6 +278,27 @@ hostssl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-address</replaceable </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>pam</term> + <listitem> + <para> + This authentication type operates similar to + <firstterm>password</firstterm>, with the main difference that + it will use PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) as the + authentication mechanism. The <replaceable>authentication + option</replaceable> following the <literal>pam</> keyword + specifies the service name that will be passed to PAM. The + default service name is <firstterm>postgresql</firstterm>. + For more information about PAM, please read <ulink + url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/">Linux-PAM + Page</ulink> and <ulink + url="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/pam/">Solaris-PAM + Page</ulink>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> </para> |