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createuser: Disable prompting by default

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Do not prompt when options were not specified.  Assume --no-createdb,
--no-createrole, --no-superuser by default.

Also disable prompting for user name in dropdb, unless --interactive
was specified.

reviewed by Josh Kupershmidt
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Peter Eisentraut
2012-02-07 14:55:34 +02:00
parent 15ad6f1510
commit a347f96b99
4 changed files with 70 additions and 23 deletions
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doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
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@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--no-createdb</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The new user will not be allowed to create databases.
The new user will not be allowed to create databases. This is the
default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -152,6 +153,20 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--interactive</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Prompt for the user name if none is specified on the command line, and
also prompt for whichever of the options
<option>-d</option>/<option>-D</option>,
<option>-r</option>/<option>-R</option>,
<option>-s</option>/<option>-S</option> is not specified on the command
line. (This was the default behavior up to PostgreSQL 9.1.)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-l</></term>
<term><option>--login</></term>
@@ -215,7 +230,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--no-createrole</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The new user will not be allowed to create new roles.
The new user will not be allowed to create new roles. This is the
default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -235,7 +251,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--no-superuser</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The new user will not be a superuser.
The new user will not be a superuser. This is the default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -286,11 +302,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
You will be prompted for a name and other missing information if it
is not specified on the command line.
</para>
<para>
<application>createuser</application> also accepts the following
command-line arguments for connection parameters:
@@ -422,6 +433,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
server:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createuser joe</userinput>
</screen>
</para>
<para>
To create a user <literal>joe</literal> on the default database
server with prompting for some additional attributes:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createuser --interactive joe</userinput>
<computeroutput>Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) </computeroutput><userinput>n</userinput>
<computeroutput>Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) </computeroutput><userinput>n</userinput>
<computeroutput>Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) </computeroutput><userinput>n</userinput>
@@ -430,7 +449,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
To create the same user <literal>joe</literal> using the
server on host <literal>eden</>, port 5000, avoiding the prompts and
server on host <literal>eden</>, port 5000, with attributes explicitly specified,
taking a look at the underlying command:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createuser -h eden -p 5000 -S -D -R -e joe</userinput>