ALTER_USER (7)

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    Title: ALTER USER
   Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
     Date: 2017
   Manual: PostgreSQL 9.6.5 Documentation
   Source: PostgreSQL 9.6.5
 Language: English

NAME

SYNOPSIS

ALTER USER role_specification [ WITH ] option [ ... ]

where option can be:

      SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
    | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
    | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
    | CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
    | INHERIT | NOINHERIT
    | LOGIN | NOLOGIN
    | REPLICATION | NOREPLICATION
    | BYPASSRLS | NOBYPASSRLS
    | CONNECTION LIMIT connlimit
    | [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password'
    | VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'

ALTER USER name RENAME TO new_name

ALTER USER role_specification SET configuration_parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT }
ALTER USER role_specification SET configuration_parameter FROM CURRENT
ALTER USER role_specification RESET configuration_parameter
ALTER USER role_specification RESET ALL

where role_specification can be:

    [ GROUP ] role_name
  | CURRENT_USER
  | SESSION_USER

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.

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