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<code>[[create user]]</code>, creates a new user in PostgreSQL
 
<code>[[create user]]</code>, creates a new user in PostgreSQL
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* Official documentation: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/sql-createuser.html
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* Official documentation: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createuser.html
  
  
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* CREATE USER your_username;
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* <code>[[CREATE]] USER "your_username";</code>
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* CREATE USER your_username WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'your_pass';
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* <code>CREATE USER your_username WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'your_pass';</code>
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* CREATE USER username WITH CREATEUSER;
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* <code>CREATE USER username WITH CREATEUSER;</code>
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* CREATE USER username WITH CREATEROLE;
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* <code>CREATE USER username WITH CREATEROLE;</code>
  
  
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== Related terms ==
 
== Related terms ==
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* <code>[[GRANT]]</code>
 
* [[Create database (PostgreSQL)]]
 
* [[Create database (PostgreSQL)]]
 
* <code>[[ALTER USER]] YOUR_USER WITH PASSWORD 'your_new_password';</code>
 
* <code>[[ALTER USER]] YOUR_USER WITH PASSWORD 'your_new_password';</code>
 
* <code>[[sudo]] -u postgres [[psql]]</code>
 
* <code>[[sudo]] -u postgres [[psql]]</code>
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* <code>[[GRANT]]</code>
 
 
* <code>[[CREATE]]</code>
 
* <code>[[CREATE]]</code>
 
* <code>[[SUPERUSER]]</code>
 
* <code>[[SUPERUSER]]</code>
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* {{Role}}
 
* {{Role}}
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* {{psql}}
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* {{CREATE}}
 
* {{SQL}}
 
* {{SQL}}
  
  
 
[[Category:PostgreSQL]]
 
[[Category:PostgreSQL]]

Latest revision as of 10:21, 11 July 2023

create user, creates a new user in PostgreSQL


  • CREATE USER "your_username";
  • CREATE USER your_username WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'your_pass';
  • CREATE USER username WITH CREATEUSER;
  • CREATE USER username WITH CREATEROLE;


Synopsys[edit]

CREATE USER name [ [ WITH ] option [ ... ] ]

where option can be:

      SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
    | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
    | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
    | INHERIT | NOINHERIT
    | LOGIN | NOLOGIN
    | REPLICATION | NOREPLICATION
    | BYPASSRLS | NOBYPASSRLS
    | CONNECTION LIMIT connlimit
    | [ ENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password' | PASSWORD NULL
    | VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'
    | IN ROLE role_name [, ...]
    | IN GROUP role_name [, ...]
    | ROLE role_name [, ...]
    | ADMIN role_name [, ...]
    | USER role_name [, ...]
    | SYSID uid


Examples[edit]

  • create user your_username

Create a new user[edit]

create user your_username;
Output:
CREATE ROLE

create user your_username;
Output:
ERROR: permission denied to create role

Create a new user with errors[edit]

create user your.username;
Output:
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "."

create user your_username;
ERROR:  cannot execute CREATE ROLE in a read-only transaction

Create a new user and assign a password[edit]

CREATE USER your_username WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'your_pass';
Output:
CREATE ROLE

CREATE USER your_username WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'your_pass';
Output:
ERROR:  role "your_username" already exists
Solution:
ALTER USER user_name WITH PASSWORD 'new_password';

Assign a role with GRANT command:
GRANT your_defined_role TO your_username;
Output:
GRANT ROLE

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

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