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The view <code class="structname">pg_shadow</code> exists for backwards
compatibility: it emulates a catalog that existed in
<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> before version 8.1.
It shows properties of all roles that are marked as
<code class="structfield">rolcanlogin</code> in
<a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="52.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>.
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The name stems from the fact that this table
should not be readable by the public since it contains passwords.
<a class="link" href="view-pg-user.html" title="52.91. pg_user"><code class="structname">pg_user</code></a>
is a publicly readable view on
<code class="structname">pg_shadow</code> that blanks out the password field.
</p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.88.5"><p class="title"><strong>Table 52.87. <code class="structname">pg_shadow</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_shadow Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>References</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="structfield">usename</code></td><td><code class="type">name</code></td><td><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="52.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>.rolname</code></td><td>User name</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">usesysid</code></td><td><code class="type">oid</code></td><td><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="52.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>.oid</code></td><td>ID of this user</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">usecreatedb</code></td><td><code class="type">bool</code></td><td> </td><td>User can create databases</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">usesuper</code></td><td><code class="type">bool</code></td><td> </td><td>User is a superuser</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">userepl</code></td><td><code class="type">bool</code></td><td> </td><td>
User can initiate streaming replication and put the system in and
out of backup mode.
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">usebypassrls</code></td><td><code class="type">bool</code></td><td> </td><td>
User bypasses every row level security policy, see
<a class="xref" href="ddl-rowsecurity.html" title="5.7. Row Security Policies">Section 5.7</a> for more information.
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">passwd</code></td><td><code class="type">text</code></td><td> </td><td>Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. See
<a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="52.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>
for details of how encrypted passwords are stored.</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">valuntil</code></td><td><code class="type">abstime</code></td><td> </td><td>Password expiry time (only used for password authentication)</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">useconfig</code></td><td><code class="type">text[]</code></td><td> </td><td>Session defaults for run-time configuration variables</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="view-pg-settings.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="catalogs.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="view-pg-stats.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">52.85. <code class="structname">pg_settings</code> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 52.87. <code class="structname">pg_stats</code></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
