[Info-ingres] Ingres authentication

[Karl Schendel]

> On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:34 PM, Laframboise, André (BAC/LAC) <andre.laframboise at canada.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We're experimenting with LDAP to authenticate database connections. Seems to work but now local accounts can't log on.
> Seems we have to decide either use LDAP or local accounts.
> 
> Anyone ever consider merging ingvalidpw.c and invalidpam.c so if an account fails a local password check, it does an LDAP call ?


I don't know that anyone has done it, but don't let me hold you back... :-)

As far as Ingres is concerned, the validator can do what it likes;  it's not architecturally
limited to doing just one kind of authentication.

Karl