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ALTER USER ​

Alter the attributes and privileges of an existing user or role. ROLE and USER are synonymous keywords in this command.

ALTER ROLE role_specification [ WITH ] option [ ... ]

where option can be:

     SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
   | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
   | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
   | INHERIT | NOINHERIT
   | LOGIN | NOLOGIN
   | CONNECTION LIMIT connlimit
   | [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password'
   | VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'

ALTER ROLE name RENAME TO new_name

ALTER ROLE { role_specification | ALL } [ IN DATABASE database_name ] 
   SET configuration_parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT } | FROM CURRENT
ALTER ROLE { role_specification | ALL } [ IN DATABASE database_name ] 
   RESET configuration_parameter | RESET ALL

where role_specification can be:

role_name | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER

For details, see ALTER ROLE.

See also ALTER USER SET DEFAULT_CLUSTER.

Parent topic:SQL Commands