alter user(7)

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 parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT }
ALTER USER name RESET parameter

DESCRIPTION

ALTER USER is now an alias for ALTER ROLE [alter_role(7)], which see for more information.

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)]

SQL - Language Statements 2009-09-04 ALTER USER()