Commit 989b55c5 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Wording improvement.

parent d3ee0279
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.78 2005/04/27 20:09:50 momjian Exp $ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.79 2005/04/27 20:11:07 momjian Exp $
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<chapter id="client-authentication"> <chapter id="client-authentication">
...@@ -883,8 +883,8 @@ omicron bryanh guest1 ...@@ -883,8 +883,8 @@ omicron bryanh guest1
default PAM service name is <literal>postgresql</literal>. You can default PAM service name is <literal>postgresql</literal>. You can
optionally supply your own service name after the <literal>pam</> optionally supply your own service name after the <literal>pam</>
key word in the file <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>. key word in the file <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>.
PAM is used only to validate username/password pairs, PAM is used only to validate username/password pairs.
therefore the user must already exist in the database before PAM Therefore the user must already exist in the database before PAM
can be used for authentication. For more information about can be used for authentication. For more information about
PAM, please read the <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/"> PAM, please read the <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/">
<productname>Linux-PAM</> Page</ulink> <productname>Linux-PAM</> Page</ulink>
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