Re: Valid until

Hi,
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(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> 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 password is no longer valid.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
>
>
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