ALTER PROFILE

Changes a profile.

Changes a profile. All parameters that are not set in a profile inherit their setting from the default profile. You can use ALTER PROFILE to change the default profile.

Syntax

ALTER PROFILE name LIMIT [
    PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME setting
    PASSWORD_MIN_LIFE_TIME setting
    PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME setting
    FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS setting
    PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME setting
    PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX setting
    PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME setting
    PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH setting
    PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH setting
    PASSWORD_MIN_LETTERS setting
    PASSWORD_MIN_UPPERCASE_LETTERS setting
    PASSWORD_MIN_LOWERCASE_LETTERS setting
    PASSWORD_MIN_DIGITS setting
    PASSWORD_MIN_SYMBOLS setting
    PASSWORD_MIN_CHAR_CHANGE setting ]

Parameters

Name Description
name

The name of the profile to create, where *name*conforms to conventions described in Identifiers.

To modify the default profile, set name to default. For example:

ALTER PROFILE DEFAULT LIMIT PASSWORD_MIN_SYMBOLS 1;

PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME

Set to an integer value, one of the following:

  • ≥ 1: The number of days a password remains valid.

  • UNLIMITED: Password remains valid indefinitely.

After your password's lifetime and grace period expire, you must change your password on your next login, if you have not done so already.

PASSWORD_MIN_LIFE_TIME

Set to an integer value, one of the following:

  • Default: 0

  • ≥ 1: The number of days a password must be set before it can be changed

  • UNLIMITED: Password can be reset at any time.

PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME

Set to an integer value, one of the following:

  • ≥ 1: The number of days a password can be used after it expires.

  • UNLIMITED: No grace period.

FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS

Set to an integer value, one of the following:

  • ≥ 1: The number of consecutive failed login attempts Vertica allows before locking your account.

  • UNLIMITED: Vertica allows an unlimited number of failed login attempts.

PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME

  • ≥ 1: The number of days (units configurable with PasswordLockTimeUnit) a user's account is locked after FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS number of login attempts. The account is automatically unlocked when the lock time elapses.

  • UNLIMITED: Account remains indefinitely inaccessible until a superuser manually unlocks it.

PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX

Set to an integer value, one of the following:

  • ≥ 1: The number of times you must change your password before you can reuse an earlier password.

  • UNLIMITED: You can reuse an earlier password without any intervening changes.

PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME

Set to an integer value, one of the following:

  • ≥ 1: The number of days that must pass after a password is set before you can reuse it.

  • UNLIMITED: You can reuse an earlier password immediately.

PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH

The maximum number of characters allowed in a password, one of the following:

  • Integer between 8 and 512, inclusive
PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH

The minimum number of characters required in a password, one of the following:

  • 0 to PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH

  • UNLIMITED: Minimum of PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH

PASSWORD_MIN_LETTERS

Minimum number of letters (a-z and A-Z) that must be in a password, one of the following:

  • Integer between 0 and PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH, inclusive

  • UNLIMITED: 0 (no minimum)

PASSWORD_MIN_UPPERCASE_LETTERS

Minimum number of uppercase letters (A-Z) that must be in a password, one of the following:

  • Integer between 0 and PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH, inclusive

  • UNLIMITED: 0 (no minimum)

PASSWORD_MIN_LOWERCASE_LETTERS

Minimum number of lowercase letters (a-z) that must be in a password, one of the following:

  • Integer between 0 and PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH, inclusive

  • UNLIMITED: 0 (no minimum)

PASSWORD_MIN_DIGITS

Minimum number of digits (0-9) that must be in a password, one of the following:

  • Integer between 0 and PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH, inclusive

  • UNLIMITED: 0 (no minimum)

PASSWORD_MIN_SYMBOLS

Minimum number of symbols—printable non-letter and non-digit characters such as $, #, @—that must be in a password, one of the following:

  • Integer between 0 and PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH, inclusive

  • UNLIMITED: 0 (no minimum)

PASSWORD_MIN_CHAR_CHANGE

Minimum number of characters that must be different from the previous password:

  • Default: 0

  • Integer between 0 and PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH, inclusive

  • UNLIMITED: 0 (no minimum)

Privileges

Superuser

Profile settings and client authentication

The following profile settings affect client authentication methods, such as LDAP or GSS:

  • FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS

  • PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME

All other profile settings are used only by Vertica to manage its passwords.

Examples

ALTER PROFILE sample_profile LIMIT FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS 3;

See also