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PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook

You're reading from   PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook Solve real-world Database Administration challenges with 180+ practical recipes and best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835460580
Length 636 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Boriss Mejías Boriss Mejías
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Jimmy Angelakos Jimmy Angelakos
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Simon Riggs Simon Riggs
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Gianni Ciolli Gianni Ciolli
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Vibhor Kumar Vibhor Kumar
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. First Steps FREE CHAPTER 2. Exploring the Database 3. Server Configuration 4. Server Control 5. Tables and Data 6. Security 7. Database Administration 8. Monitoring and Diagnosis 9. Regular Maintenance 10. Performance and Concurrency 11. Backup and Recovery 12. Replication and Upgrades 13. Other Books You May Enjoy
14. Index

Mapping external usernames to database roles

In some cases, the authentication username is different from the PostgreSQL username. For instance, this can happen when using an external system for authentication, such as certificate authentication (as described in the previous recipe) or any other external or Single Sign-On (SSO) system authentication method from http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/auth-methods.html (GSSAPI, Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI), Kerberos, Radius, or Privileged Access Management (PAM)). You may just need to enable an externally authenticated user to connect as multiple database users. In such cases, you can specify rules to map the external username to the appropriate database role.

Getting ready

Prepare a list of usernames from the external authentication system and decide which database users they are allowed to connect to—that is, which external users map to which database users.

How to do it…

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