Re: query to show locked / disabled users?

From: Sbob <sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: query to show locked / disabled users?
Date: 2022-04-14 19:36:57
Message-ID: 9c619292-cb08-945f-6089-1b26d0bf2218@quadratum-braccas.com
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Got it, thanks

On 4/14/22 13:34, Tom Lane wrote:
> "David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Thursday, April 14, 2022, Sbob <sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com> wrote:
>>> I have a client that says there were break in attempts and many db users
>>> are now disabled / locked because of too many wrong pw attempts. Is there
>>> a select that will show these users?
>> You can look at pg_roles.
> That probably won't help much, because Postgres has no built-in
> mechanism for disabling users on the basis of "too many wrong pw
> attempts". Whatever has decided that must be external to Postgres
> (perhaps getting accessed via LDAP or PAM?) and you're going to have
> to look at its state. In short, there's not enough info here for
> us to offer any useful advice.
>
> regards, tom lane

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