Hi,
What is the outcome of this query for the specified user? Does the database contain a value in the
SELECT rolname, rolvaliduntil FROM pg_authid;
Regards,
M.Imtiaz
What is the outcome of this query for the specified user? Does the database contain a value in the
rolvaliduntil column? SELECT rolname, rolvaliduntil FROM pg_authid;
Regards,
M.Imtiaz
On Tue, 14 May 2024 at 20:45, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 5/14/24 00:57, Rama Krishnan wrote:
>> I recently set a user's password validity to "2024-05-13", but despite
>> this, the user is still able to connect to the database. Is this a bug,
>> or is the "valid until" parameter just for identification purposes,
>> indicating when the password will expire?
> The VALID UNTIL clause sets a date and time after which the role's
> password is no longer valid. If this clause is omitted the password will
> be valid for all time.
The important point there is that the *password* is not usable after
the specified date. If the user logs in via some non-password-based
authentication method, that's fine (and it's on the infrastructure
of that auth method to enforce whatever restrictions it thinks are
appropriate).
regards, tom lane
