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* Valid until
@ 2024-05-14 07:57  Rama Krishnan <[email protected]>
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From: Rama Krishnan @ 2024-05-14 07:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-general

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?


Thanks

Ram


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* Re: Valid until
@ 2024-05-14 15:27  Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
  parent: Rama Krishnan <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread

From: Adrian Klaver @ 2024-05-14 15:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rama Krishnan <[email protected]>; pgsql-general

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password is no longer valid.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
[email protected]







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* Re: Valid until
@ 2024-05-14 15:45  Tom Lane <[email protected]>
  parent: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread

From: Tom Lane @ 2024-05-14 15:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>; +Cc: Rama Krishnan <[email protected]>; pgsql-general

Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> 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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* Re: Valid until
@ 2024-05-14 15:52  Muhammad Imtiaz <[email protected]>
  parent: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread

From: Muhammad Imtiaz @ 2024-05-14 15:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>; +Cc: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>; Rama Krishnan <[email protected]>; pgsql-general

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 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> 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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* Re: Valid until
@ 2024-05-18 14:48  Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
  parent: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread

From: Adrian Klaver @ 2024-05-18 14:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rama Krishnan <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-general

On 5/18/24 03:09, Rama Krishnan wrote:
Reply to list also.
Ccing list
> 
> Hi Adrian,
> 
> I have modified the pg_hba entry from trust to md5 like below
> 
> ```
> local   all             all                                     md5

That would be the issue. trust ignores the password check.

> 
> ```
> 
> 
> When i have tired with postgres user I am able to connect

Which is expected as postgres does not have a 'valid until' restriction.

> 
> 
> [postgres@postgres16 data]$ psql -U postgres -d postgres
> Password for user postgres:
> psql (16.2)
> Type "help" for help.
> 
> 
> 
> postgres=# \du
>                                List of roles
>   Role name  |                         Attributes
> ------------+------------------------------------------------------------
>   pgbackrest | Replication
>   postgres   | Superuser, Create role, Create DB, Replication, Bypass RLS
>   test       | Password valid until 2023-05-13 00:00:00+00
>   user_name  | Password valid until 2024-05-13 00:00:00+00
> 
> 
> 
> But when i tried with test or user_name user  even though I am passing 
> the correct value I am getting this error

Again as expected as the 'valid until' timestamp is in the past.

> 
> 
> ```
> [postgres@postgres16 data]$ psql -U test -d postgres
> Password for user test:
> psql: error: connection to server on socket 
> "/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: FATAL:  password authentication 
> failed for user "test"
> 
> postgres=# \c  postgres user_name
> Password for user user_name:
> connection to server on socket "/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: 
> FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "user_name"
> 
> ```
> 
> Once i done the changes the valid until expiration date
> 
> ```
> 
> postgres=# alter user test VALID UNTIL '2024-05-19';
> ALTER ROLE
> 
> postgres=> \du
>                                List of roles
>   Role name  |                         Attributes
> ------------+------------------------------------------------------------
>   pgbackrest | Replication
>   postgres   | Superuser, Create role, Create DB, Replication, Bypass RLS
>   test       | Password valid until 2024-05-19 00:00:00+00
>   user_name  | Password valid until 2024-05-13 00:00:00+00
> ```
> 
> Finally it allows to connect test

Which is correct as the 'valid until' timestamp is in the future.

> 
> ```
> 
> [postgres@postgres16 data]$ psql -d postgres -U test
> Password for user test:
> psql (16.2)
> 
> ```
> 
> I believe this is a expected output of validunitl , Please correct me if 
> i m wrong

The behavior is as referenced in the documentation:

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.


> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> A.Rama Krishnan
> 


-- 
Adrian Klaver
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