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From: Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Password authorization
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:10:42 -0500
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On 1/20/22 09:25, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> It is not quite clear what you mean, but I assume you want password complexity rules,
> and you want to force users to change their password after a while.
>
> You cannot do any of that with passwords in the database; the best you can
> do is set an expiration time for the user's ability to log in.

Actually, you can. There is the standard "passwordcheck" module 
described in the documentation:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/passwordcheck.html

You would have to do some C programming, but it's very possible.

Regards

-- 
Mladen Gogala
Database Consultant
Tel: (347) 321-1217
https://dbwhisperer.wordpress.com

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