Re: Valid until

Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> 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 password is no longer valid.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