Hi, On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 06:27:01AM -0600, Jason Tesser wrote:
> I am looking into using PostgreSQL on the backend here. I work for a Bible College. > We are putting together a > new software package. The database would be on a LInux box but our domain is M$ so > we use active > directory. I saw that there is a PAM module for Postgre. My question is with > applications that will both be > standalone and web what is teh best way for me to authenticate to active directory. > C > Is there a Postgre function that will allow me to do this? > Does anyone have any other ideas that will work? > I'm not quite clear what you want to do. If you want to authenticate > against an Active Directory server, then you need to talk LDAP to it, > probably using the PAM LDAP module. There's a fair amount of > documentation on this out on the interweb. I want to make my standalone apps and my web apps authenticate through AD, but keep any access levels (groups) in Postgre > If you want to use AD for client authentication in Postgres, section > 6.2.5 of the Administrator's Guide details how to use PAM for Postgres > client authentication. If I did that could I use a table in Postgre as a groups table so I can control who can go where or who can see what in a web app? I was wondering if Postgre had some built in functions that could help me out here? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html