Okay, so you could use Pluggable Authentication Modules, but why not go for OpenLDAP with postgresql under LFS?

http://www.samse.fr/GPL/ldap_pg/HOWTO/

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> From: kitepilot@kitepilot.com
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Linux Administration - Users in (any) database howto/why...
> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:40:16 -0500
> 
> OK, I've reached that (long postponed) point of my life where I *HAVE* to 
> ditch /etc/passwd and /etc/group in favor of storing my users in a database.
> Any database... 
> 
> Unless there is a *COMPELLING* reason not to, I will store my users in 
> Postgres, but I don't see why generic concepts should not be applied to 
> *ANY* database. 
> 
> All I find in the howto's is how to install (laundry list here), but what I 
> need is a fairly general cookbook about how-to-configure-what to allow my 
> machine to validate users contained in my database.
> Most of this howto's are useless to my because I run LFS and it right there 
> voids any reference to apt-get/yum/rpm/etc. 
> 
> Furthermore, I want to login with my trusted  /etc/passwd - /etc/group 
> combination when I SSH into (or console) into my machine and I want the 
> "other" users (people hosting WEB sites and/or receiving e-mail) be 
> authenticated against the Postgres table. 
> 
> So the final question is:
> What do I need?
> specifically, do I need PAM?  (Probably...)
> What do I configure? 
> 
> I don't need too many details, I just need something along the lines of:
> You need this list of packages and you need to edit this configuration files 
> to accomplish (fill in the blanks)
> Lisa?   :)
> HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
> Enrique
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