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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Praneel Devisetty <devisettypraneel@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: User to get locked after three wrong login attempts.
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Praneel Devisetty <devisettypraneel@gmail.com> writes:
> We have a requirement , where we require a user to get locked after three
> wrong login attempts.

The usual recommendation is to configure Postgres to use PAM
authentication; then you can set up any weird requirements like
this one in the PAM configuration.

			regards, tom lane