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>CREATE USER</H1
><DIV
CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN41407"
></A
><H2
>Name</H2
>CREATE USER -- define a new database user account</DIV
><A
NAME="AEN41410"
></A
><DIV
CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN41412"
></A
><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><PRE
CLASS="SYNOPSIS"
>CREATE USER <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
> [ [ WITH ] <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>option</I
></TT
> [ ... ] ]
where <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>option</I
></TT
> can be:
SYSID <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>uid</I
></TT
>
| CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
| CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
| IN GROUP <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>groupname</I
></TT
> [, ...]
| [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD '<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>password</I
></TT
>'
| VALID UNTIL '<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>abstime</I
></TT
>' </PRE
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN41421"
></A
><H2
>Description</H2
><P
> <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE USER</TT
> adds a new user to a
<SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> database cluster. Refer to
<A
HREF="user-manag.html"
>Chapter 17</A
> and <A
HREF="client-authentication.html"
>Chapter 19</A
> for information about managing
users and authentication. You must be a database superuser to use
this command.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN41428"
></A
><H2
>Parameters</H2
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> The name of the new user.
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>uid</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> The <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SYSID</TT
> clause can be used to choose the
<SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> user ID of the new user.
This is normally not necessary, but may
be useful if you need to recreate the owner of an orphaned
object.
</P
><P
> If this is not specified, the highest assigned user ID plus one
(with a minimum of 100) will be used as default.
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CREATEDB</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>NOCREATEDB</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> These clauses define a user's ability to create databases. If
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CREATEDB</TT
> is specified, the user being
defined will be allowed to create his own databases. Using
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>NOCREATEDB</TT
> will deny a user the ability to
create databases. If not specified,
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>NOCREATEDB</TT
> is the default.
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CREATEUSER</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>NOCREATEUSER</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> These clauses determine whether a user will be permitted to
create new users himself. <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CREATEUSER</TT
> will also make
the user a superuser, who can override all access restrictions.
If not specified,
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>NOCREATEUSER</TT
> is the default.
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>groupname</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> A name of an existing group into which to insert the user as a new
member. Multiple group names may be listed.
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>password</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Sets the user's password. If you do not plan to use password
authentication you can omit this option, but then the user
won't be able to connect if you decide to switch to password
authentication. The password can be set or changed later,
using <A
HREF="sql-alteruser.html"
><I
>ALTER USER</I
></A
>.
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>ENCRYPTED</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>UNENCRYPTED</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> These key words control whether the password is stored
encrypted in the system catalogs. (If neither is specified,
the default behavior is determined by the configuration
parameter <A
HREF="runtime-config.html#GUC-PASSWORD-ENCRYPTION"
>password_encryption</A
>.) If the
presented password string is already in MD5-encrypted format,
then it is stored encrypted as-is, regardless of whether
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>ENCRYPTED</TT
> or <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>UNENCRYPTED</TT
> is specified
(since the system cannot decrypt the specified encrypted
password string). This allows reloading of encrypted
passwords during dump/restore.
</P
><P
> Note that older clients may lack support for the MD5
authentication mechanism that is needed to work with passwords
that are stored encrypted.
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>abstime</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> The <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>VALID UNTIL</TT
> clause sets an absolute
time after which the user's password is no longer valid. If
this clause is omitted the password will be valid for all time.
</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN41491"
></A
><H2
>Notes</H2
><P
> Use <A
HREF="sql-alteruser.html"
><I
>ALTER USER</I
></A
> to
change the attributes of a user, and <A
HREF="sql-dropuser.html"
><I
>DROP USER</I
></A
> to remove a user. Use <A
HREF="sql-altergroup.html"
><I
>ALTER GROUP</I
></A
> to add the
user to groups or remove the user from groups.
</P
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> includes a program <A
HREF="app-createuser.html"
><I
><I
>createuser</I
></I
></A
> that has
the same functionality as <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE USER</TT
> (in fact, it calls this
command) but can be run from the command shell.
</P
><P
> The <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>VALID UNTIL</TT
> clause defines an expiration time for a
password only, not for the user account <I
CLASS="FOREIGNPHRASE"
>per se</I
>. In
particular, the expiration time is not enforced when logging in using
a non-password-based authentication method.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN41504"
></A
><H2
>Examples</H2
><P
> Create a user with no password:
</P><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>CREATE USER jonathan;</PRE
><P>
</P
><P
> Create a user with a password:
</P><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>CREATE USER davide WITH PASSWORD 'jw8s0F4';</PRE
><P>
</P
><P
> Create a user with a password that is valid until the end of 2004.
After one second has ticked in 2005, the password is no longer
valid.
</P><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>CREATE USER miriam WITH PASSWORD 'jw8s0F4' VALID UNTIL '2005-01-01';</PRE
><P>
</P
><P
>
Create an account where the user can create databases:
</P><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>CREATE USER manuel WITH PASSWORD 'jw8s0F4' CREATEDB;</PRE
><P>
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN41514"
></A
><H2
>Compatibility</H2
><P
> The <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE USER</TT
> statement is a
<SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> extension. The SQL standard
leaves the definition of users to the implementation.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN41519"
></A
><H2
>See Also</H2
><A
HREF="sql-alteruser.html"
><I
>ALTER USER</I
></A
>, <A
HREF="sql-dropuser.html"
><I
>DROP USER</I
></A
>, <A
HREF="app-createuser.html"
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>createuser</SPAN
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