| From: | Chander Ganesan <chander(at)otg-nc(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Blakely, Jerel (Mission Systems)" <Jerel(dot)Blakely(at)ngc(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: How do I force users to change their password? |
| Date: | 2008-05-23 16:43:42 |
| Message-ID: | 4836F43E.4050607@otg-nc.com |
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Blakely, Jerel (Mission Systems) wrote:
>
> The only setting I see is an account expire, but I do not want to lock
> the people out of the accounts.
> I just want to force each user to set a new password on minimum
> intervals.
>
> Does Postgres have a way to require users to change their passwords
> every 90 days for example, with out locking the account and forcing an
> admin to go in and update it?
>
>
I think the best you could do would be to tie authentication into some
external system that requires a password change after a specified
interval. This can be accomplished with LDAP, Kerberos, or PAM.
However, I don't think that the native mechanism will allow you to do
what you are trying to accomplish.
--
Chander Ganesan
Open Technology Group, Inc.
One Copley Parkway, Suite 210
Morrisville, NC 27560
919-463-0999/877-258-8987
http://www.otg-nc.com
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