sorry for teh double posting I forgot the steps at the end OK I am still trying to get pam working
here is the messages I have is the log from trying to log in Nov 26 08:55:16 localhost postgresql(pam_unix)[22693]: authentication failure; logname= uid=26 euid=26 tty= ruser= rhost= user=cherring Nov 26 08:55:16 localhost pam_winbind[22693]: user 'cherring' granted acces as you can see winbind is actually granting access but fro some reason poasgres still denies it. weird. any ideas. the steps I have done are listed below > note: i'm no sysad, nor do i even pretend to understand pam, the linux kernel, > or postgresql, but this setup is a safe, working, postgresql/linux/pam setup. > > 0) configure postgresql for pam, for example > > [root ( at ) omega tmp]# grep pam /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf > host all all 137.75.0.0 255.255.0.0 pam > > 1) create a /etc/pam.d/postgresql entry, here's how i did mine > > [root ( at ) omega tmp]# cp /etc/pam.d/passwd /etc/pam.d/postgresql > > i don't know if it's the best setup, but it works! mine looks like this > > [root ( at ) omega tmp]# cat /etc/pam.d/postgresql > #%PAM-1.0 > auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth > account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth > password required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match