| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Arnold, Sandra" <ArnoldS(at)osti(dot)gov> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL Account security |
| Date: | 2009-05-15 20:45:43 |
| Message-ID: | 11748.1242420343@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Arnold, Sandra" <ArnoldS(at)osti(dot)gov> writes:
> I was working on a security plan for PostgreSQL. One of my requirements
> is to lock any accounts where a login attempt was made and failed
> authentication three consecutive times. I cannot find or I am missing
> in the PostgreSQL documentation on how to configure the accounts or
> database to do this. Is this possible in PostgreSQL?
There's nothing built-in for that, but if you use PAM authentication
then you can set up the PAM configuration to do this, or pretty much
any other common login-security trick.
regards, tom lane
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