Re: Bad error message on valuntil

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Bad error message on valuntil
Date: 2013-06-19 18:59:53
Message-ID: 51C1FFA9.2060106@commandprompt.com
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On 06/19/2013 08:24 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

>> I think it's intentional that we don't tell the *client* that level of
>> detail. I could see emitting a log message about it, but it's not clear
>> whether that will help an unsophisticated user.
>
> Usually, when I log in somewhere and the password is expired, it tells
> me that the password is expired. I don't think we gain anything by
> hiding that from the user.
>

FTR: there is an actual patch for this sitting over at the, "Change
authentication error message" thread.

JD

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