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From: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
To: Rama Krishnan <[email protected]>
To: Postgres General <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Valid until
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 08:27:02 -0700
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJWX+EOModYYe-LDVP_1zceryEd186u=pcaTE6Sb_9XMtjhWKA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJWX+EOModYYe-LDVP_1zceryEd186u=pcaTE6Sb_9XMtjhWKA@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/14/24 00:57, Rama Krishnan wrote:
> Hi team,
> 
> I have a question about the "valid until" parameter in the "create role" 
> command.
> 
> 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?
> 
> Could you please clarify this for me?

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createrole.html

"
VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'

     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password is no longer valid.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.
"

When did the user log in?

What is the TimeZone setting in the database?

> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ram

-- 
Adrian Klaver
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