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>dropuser</SPAN
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><DIV
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><A
NAME="AEN44060"
></A
><H2
>Name</H2
>dropuser -- remove a <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> user account</DIV
><A
NAME="AEN44064"
></A
><DIV
CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN44066"
></A
><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><P
><TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>dropuser</TT
> [<VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>option</VAR
>...] [<VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>username</VAR
>]</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN44073"
></A
><H2
>Description</H2
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>dropuser</SPAN
> removes an existing
<SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> user
<SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>and</I
></SPAN
> the databases which that user owned.
Only superusers (users with <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>usesuper</TT
> set in
the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>pg_shadow</TT
> table) can destroy
<SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> users.
</P
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>dropuser</SPAN
> is a wrapper around the
<ACRONYM
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SQL</ACRONYM
> command <A
HREF="sql-dropuser.html"
><I
>DROP USER</I
></A
>.
There is no effective difference between dropping users via
this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
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><A
NAME="AEN44086"
></A
><H2
>Options</H2
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>dropuser</SPAN
> accepts the following command-line arguments:
<P
></P
></P><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
><VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>username</VAR
></DT
><DD
><P
> Specifies the name of the <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> user to be removed.
You will be prompted for a name if none is specified on the command line.
</P
></DD
><DT
><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>-e</VAR
><BR><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>--echo</VAR
></DT
><DD
><P
> Echo the commands that <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>dropuser</SPAN
> generates
and sends to the server.
</P
></DD
><DT
><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>-i</VAR
><BR><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>--interactive</VAR
></DT
><DD
><P
> Prompt for confirmation before actually removing the user.
</P
></DD
><DT
><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>-q</VAR
><BR><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>--quiet</VAR
></DT
><DD
><P
> Do not display a response.
</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><P>
</P
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>dropuser</SPAN
> also accepts the following
command-line arguments for connection parameters:
<P
></P
></P><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>-h <VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>host</VAR
></VAR
><BR><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>--host <VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>host</VAR
></VAR
></DT
><DD
><P
> Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
server
is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used
as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
</P
></DD
><DT
><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>-p <VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>port</VAR
></VAR
><BR><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>--port <VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>port</VAR
></VAR
></DT
><DD
><P
> Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
extension on which the server
is listening for connections.
</P
></DD
><DT
><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>-U <VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>username</VAR
></VAR
><BR><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>--username <VAR
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
>username</VAR
></VAR
></DT
><DD
><P
> User name to connect as (not the user name to drop)
</P
></DD
><DT
><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>-W</VAR
><BR><VAR
CLASS="OPTION"
>--password</VAR
></DT
><DD
><P
> Force password prompt (to connect to the server, not for the
password of the user to be dropped).
</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><P>
</P
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><DIV
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><A
NAME="AEN44156"
></A
><H2
>Environment</H2
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
><TT
CLASS="ENVAR"
>PGHOST</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="ENVAR"
>PGPORT</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="ENVAR"
>PGUSER</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Default connection parameters
</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
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><DIV
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><A
NAME="AEN44168"
></A
><H2
>Diagnostics</H2
><P
> In case of difficulty, see <A
HREF="sql-dropuser.html"
><I
>DROP USER</I
></A
> and <A
HREF="app-psql.html"
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>psql</SPAN
></A
> for
discussions of potential problems and error messages.
The database server must be running at the
targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment
variables used by the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>libpq</SPAN
> front-end
library will apply.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN44174"
></A
><H2
>Examples</H2
><P
> To remove user <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>joe</TT
> from the default database
server:
</P><PRE
CLASS="SCREEN"
><SAMP
CLASS="PROMPT"
>$ </SAMP
><KBD
CLASS="USERINPUT"
>dropuser joe</KBD
>
<SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>DROP USER</SAMP
></PRE
><P>
</P
><P
> To remove user <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>joe</TT
> using the server on host
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>eden</TT
>, port 5000, with verification and a peek at the underlying
command:
</P><PRE
CLASS="SCREEN"
><SAMP
CLASS="PROMPT"
>$ </SAMP
><KBD
CLASS="USERINPUT"
>dropuser -p 5000 -h eden -i -e joe</KBD
>
<SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>User "joe" and any owned databases will be permanently deleted.
Are you sure? (y/n) </SAMP
><KBD
CLASS="USERINPUT"
>y</KBD
>
<SAMP
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>DROP USER "joe"
DROP USER</SAMP
></PRE
><P>
</P
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><A
NAME="AEN44191"
></A
><H2
>See Also</H2
><A
HREF="app-createuser.html"
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>createuser</SPAN
></A
>, <A
HREF="sql-dropuser.html"
><I
>DROP USER</I
></A
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