On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 2:39 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Thomas Kirchtag <tkir...@gmail.com> writes: > > 2009-07-08 21:28:06 CEST LOG: 00000: pam_authenticate failed: Permission > > denied > > 2009-07-08 21:28:06 CEST LOCATION: CheckPAMAuth, auth.c:1345 > > > This suggests some problems accessing some pam-related file but I cannot > > imagine which one? > > Yeah, I'd guess the same. Perhaps strace would help determine which > file is inaccessible. IIRC, you can only use PAM to authenticate against external services (i.e. LDAP / A.D. users). I *think* that in order to auth against local accounts, you need to be have a UID=0, which, PG does not. --Scott
