Re: PostgreSQL Account security - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PostgreSQL Account security
Date
Msg-id 11748.1242420343@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to PostgreSQL Account security  ("Arnold, Sandra" <ArnoldS@osti.gov>)
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"Arnold, Sandra" <ArnoldS@osti.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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