Add LDAP documentation missed in code patch.
authorBruce Momjian
Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:16:16 +0000 (15:16 +0000)
committerBruce Momjian
Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:16:16 +0000 (15:16 +0000)
Magnus Hagander

doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml

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-
+
 
 
  Client Authentication
@@ -372,6 +372,16 @@ hostnossl  database  user
         
        
 
+       
+        ldap
+        
+         
+          Authenticate using LDAP to a central server. See 
+          linkend="auth-ldap"> for details.
+         
+        
+       
+
        
         pam
         
@@ -896,6 +906,56 @@ omicron       bryanh            guest1
    
   
 
+  
+   LDAP authentication
+
+   
+    LDAP
+   
+
+   
+    This authentication method operates similarly to
+    password except that it uses LDAP
+    as the authentication method. LDAP is used only to validate
+    the user name/password pairs. Therefore the user must already
+    exist in the database before LDAP can be used for
+    authentication. The server and parameters used are specified
+    after the ldap key word in the file
+    pg_hba.conf. The format of this parameter is:
+    
+ldap[s]://servername[:port]/base dn[;prefix[;suffix]]
+    
+    for example:
+    
+ldap://ldap.example.net/dc=example,dc=net;EXAMPLE\
+    
+
+   
+   
+    If ldaps is specified instead of ldap,
+    TLS encryption will be enabled for the connection. Note that this
+    will encrypt only the connection between the PostgreSQL server
+    and the LDAP server. The connection between the client and the
+    PostgreSQL server is not affected by this setting. To make use of
+    TLS encryption, you may need to configure the LDAP library prior
+    to configuring PostgreSQL.
+   
+   
+    If no port is specified, the default port as configured in the
+    LDAP library will be used.
+   
+   
+    The server will bind to the distinguished name specified as
+    base dn using the username supplied by the client.
+    If prefix and suffix is 
+    specified, it will be prepended and appended to the username
+    before the bind. Typically, the prefix parameter is used to specify
+    cn=, or DOMAIN\ in an Active
+    Directory environment.
+   
+   
+  
+
   
    PAM authentication
 
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+
 
 
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