NAME¶

ALTER USER - change a database role

SYNOPSIS¶

ALTER USER name [ [ WITH ] option [ ... ] ]
where option can be:


    


      SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER


    | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB


    | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE


    | CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER


    | INHERIT | NOINHERIT


    | LOGIN | NOLOGIN


    | CONNECTION LIMIT connlimit


    | [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password'


    | VALID UNTIL 'timestamp' 
ALTER USER name RENAME TO newname
ALTER USER name SET configuration_parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT }
ALTER USER name SET configuration_parameter FROM CURRENT
ALTER USER name RESET configuration_parameter
ALTER USER name RESET ALL

DESCRIPTION¶

ALTER USER is now an alias for ALTER ROLE [alter_role(7)].

COMPATIBILITY¶

The ALTER USER statement is a PostgreSQL extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation.

SEE ALSO¶

ALTER ROLE [alter_role(7)]