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<chapter id="client-authentication">

default PAM service name is <literal>postgresql</literal>. You can

optionally supply your own service name after the <literal>pam</>

key word in the file <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>.

- For more information about PAM, please read the

- <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/">

+ PAM is used only to validate username/password pairs.

+ The user must already exist in the database before PAM

+ can be used for authentication. For more information about

+ PAM, please read the <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/">

<productname>Linux-PAM</> Page</ulink>

and the <ulink url="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/pam/">

<systemitem class="osname">Solaris</> PAM Page</ulink>.