PAM_POSTGRESOK(8)

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version 1.7.2 · 5 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 PAM_POSTGRESOK(8) 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about pam_postgresok — it's a PAM module from the pam-redhat manual, and it's literally the bouncer at the postgres club 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

pam_postgresok — a PAM module that does a simple lil check of the real UID and the corresponding account name 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pam_postgresok.so [debug]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so pam_postgresok.so is designed to check two things at once, no cap:

  • that the real UID of the calling process belongs to the "postgres" user, and
  • that it's equal to 26 — which is the value assigned to that user on Red Hat Linux systems 👑

both, bestie. it's giving "we check twice" energy. periodt. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • debug — writes debugging messages to syslog. yes queen, log it all, we love receipts 📝

🌈 MODULE TYPES PROVIDED 🌈

only the auth module type is provided. that's it, that's the whole list, she's a one-trick pony and she's iconic for it 💅

⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

  • PAM_SUCCESS — everything was successful 🥳 slay, you're in
  • PAM_AUTH_ERR — authentication failed 😭 nope, not today

🫶 EXAMPLES 🫶

here's how the girlies actually use her:

auth sufficient pam_postgresok.so

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • /usr/share/doc/setup/uidgid — documentation setup file 📄 (the lore, if you will)

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

go read those too, bestie, expanding your mind is main character energy 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

pam_postgresok was written by Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com> 🌟 ty for your service king

and that's the whole page, no notes 💖 this was pam-redhat, dated 07/08/2026 — go forth and check those UIDs, you absolute legend 🦋✨

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