diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a5ce0d1..ae97974 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -78,8 +78,15 @@ There's a `passchanger_rds.sql` file which should be used instead of the normal For updates you should change the owner of the `change_valid_until` to the database _owner_: ``` -ALTER FUNCTION dba.change_my_password(text) OWNER TO _DATABASEOWNER; +ALTER FUNCTION dba.change_valid_until(text) OWNER TO _DATABASEOWNER; ``` Modify `_DATABASEOWNER` according your admin username... +## Security considerations + + * Non-RDS `change_valid_until` function does not uses `ALTER USER` to modify `VALID UNTIL`, it makes an `update pg_catalog.pg_authid set rolvaliduntil` instead, so the `dba` user has only grant over that table/column instead of granting additional permissions to him. + * RDS `change_valid_until` should run as the database owner, is the only way to make this work as you can't access `pg_catalog.pg_authid` on rds, it uses `ALTER USER ... VALID UNTIL` instead. + + +