Practical PostgreSQL

Create User

Creates a new PostgreSQL database user.

Synopsis

CREATE USER username
    [ WITH
      [ SYSID uid ]
      [ PASSWORD 'password' ] ]
    [ CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB ] [ CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER ]
    [ IN GROUP  groupname [, ...] ]
    [ VALID UNTIL   'abstime' ]

Parameters

username

The name of the new user you intend to create.

uid

The explicit user ID for the PostgreSQL user that you are creating; if left out of the CREATE USER command, the user ID will be automatically assigned.

password

The new PostgreSQL user’s password; if the database is setup to require password authentication, this must be set for the user to be able to connect. Otherwise, a defined password is not meaningful to PostgreSQL.

CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB

The privilege to create new databases. Use CREATEDB, to give the user permission to create databases. Use NOCREATEDB to explicitly deny that permission (which is the default).

CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER

The superuser privilege. The use of CREATEUSER allows access to both the CREATE USER and DROP USER commands, as well as makes the user a superuser (with universal rights across all databases). NOCREATEUSER is the default.

groupname

The optional name of a group to which the user is to automatically be added.

abstime

The timestamp that defines when a user’s password expires. When the date and time that abstime defines has been reached, the user’s defined password becomes invalid. If unset, the password never expires.

Results

CREATE USER

The message returned when a user is created successfully.

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