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Mention that PAM requires the user already exist in the database, per
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doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml

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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.76 2005/04/22 04:18:58 momjian Exp $
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.77 2005/04/26 03:01:09 momjian Exp $
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<chapter id="client-authentication">
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default PAM service name is <literal>postgresql</literal>. You can
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optionally supply your own service name after the <literal>pam</>
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key word in the file <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>.
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For more information about PAM, please read the
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<ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/">
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PAM is used only to validate username/password pairs.
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The user must already exist in the database before PAM
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can be used for authentication. For more information about
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PAM, please read the <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/">
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<productname>Linux-PAM</> Page</ulink>
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and the <ulink url="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/pam/">
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<systemitem class="osname">Solaris</> PAM Page</ulink>.

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