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Peter Eisentraut, Alexander Lakhin, Jürgen Purtz
2017-11-23 09:44:28 -05:00

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<!--
doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_user.sgml
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
<refentry id="sql-alteruser">
<indexterm zone="sql-alteruser">
<primary>ALTER USER</primary>
</indexterm>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>ALTER USER</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>ALTER USER</refname>
<refpurpose>change a database role</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
ALTER USER <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [ WITH ] <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable> [ ... ]
<phrase>where <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable> can be:</phrase>
SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
| CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
| CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
| INHERIT | NOINHERIT
| LOGIN | NOLOGIN
| REPLICATION | NOREPLICATION
| BYPASSRLS | NOBYPASSRLS
| CONNECTION LIMIT <replaceable class="parameter">connlimit</replaceable>
| [ ENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD '<replaceable class="parameter">password</replaceable>'
| VALID UNTIL '<replaceable class="parameter">timestamp</replaceable>'
ALTER USER <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <replaceable>new_name</replaceable>
ALTER USER { <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> | ALL } [ IN DATABASE <replaceable class="parameter">database_name</replaceable> ] SET <replaceable>configuration_parameter</replaceable> { TO | = } { <replaceable>value</replaceable> | DEFAULT }
ALTER USER { <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> | ALL } [ IN DATABASE <replaceable class="parameter">database_name</replaceable> ] SET <replaceable>configuration_parameter</replaceable> FROM CURRENT
ALTER USER { <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> | ALL } [ IN DATABASE <replaceable class="parameter">database_name</replaceable> ] RESET <replaceable>configuration_parameter</replaceable>
ALTER USER { <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> | ALL } [ IN DATABASE <replaceable class="parameter">database_name</replaceable> ] RESET ALL
<phrase>where <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> can be:</phrase>
<replaceable class="parameter">role_name</replaceable>
| CURRENT_USER
| SESSION_USER
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>ALTER USER</command> is now an alias for
<xref linkend="sql-alterrole"/>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
The <command>ALTER USER</command> statement is a
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension. The SQL standard
leaves the definition of users to the implementation.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-alterrole"/></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>