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CREATEUSER(1)		PostgreSQL Client Applications		 CREATEUSER(1)

NAME
       createuser - define a new PostgreSQL user account

SYNOPSIS
       createuser [ option... ]	 [ username ]

DESCRIPTION
       createuser  creates  a new PostgreSQL user (or more precisely, a role).
       Only superusers and users with  CREATEROLE  privilege  can  create  new
       users,  so  createuser  must be invoked by someone who can connect as a
       superuser or a user with CREATEROLE privilege.

       If you wish to create a new superuser, you must connect as a superuser,
       not  merely  with  CREATEROLE privilege.	 Being a superuser implies the
       ability to bypass all access permission checks within the database,  so
       superuserdom should not be granted lightly.

       createuser  is  a  wrapper  around  the	SQL  command CREATE ROLE [cre‐
       ate_role(7)].  There is no effective difference between creating	 users
       via this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.

OPTIONS
       createuser accepts the following command-line arguments:

       username
	      Specifies	 the  name of the PostgreSQL user to be created.  This
	      name must be different from all existing	roles  in  this	 Post‐
	      greSQL installation.

       -s

       --superuser
	      The new user will be a superuser.

       -S

       --no-superuser
	      The new user will not be a superuser.  This is the default.

       -d

       --createdb
	      The new user will be allowed to create databases.

       -D

       --no-createdb
	      The  new	user will not be allowed to create databases.  This is
	      the default.

       -r

       --createrole
	      The new user will be allowed to create new roles (that is,  this
	      user will have CREATEROLE privilege).

       -R

       --no-createrole
	      The  new	user will not be allowed to create new roles.  This is
	      the default.

       -l

       --login
	      The new user will be allowed to log in (that is, the  user  name
	      can  be  used  as the initial session user identifier).  This is
	      the default.

       -L

       --no-login
	      The new user will not be allowed to log  in.   (A	 role  without
	      login  privilege is still useful as a means of managing database
	      permissions.)

       -i

       --inherit
	      The new role will automatically inherit privileges of  roles  it
	      is a member of.  This is the default.

       -I

       --no-inherit
	      The  new role will not automatically inherit privileges of roles
	      it is a member of.

       -c number

       --connection-limit number
	      Set a maximum number of  connections  for	 the  new  user.   The
	      default is to set no limit.

       -P

       --pwprompt
	      If given, createuser will issue a prompt for the password of the
	      new user. This is not necessary if you  do  not  plan  on	 using
	      password authentication.

       -E

       --encrypted
	      Encrypts	the  user's  password  stored  in the database. If not
	      specified, the default password behavior is used.

       -N

       --unencrypted
	      Does not encrypt the user's password stored in the database.  If
	      not specified, the default password behavior is used.

       -e

       --echo Echo  the	 commands  that	 createuser generates and sends to the
	      server.

       You will be prompted for a name and other missing information if it  is
       not specified on the command line.

       createuser  also	 accepts the following command-line arguments for con‐
       nection parameters:

       -h host

       --host host
	      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 port

       --port port
	      Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket  file	exten‐
	      sion on which the server is listening for connections.

       -U username

       --username username
	      User name to connect as (not the user name to create).

       -w

       --no-password
	      Never  issue  a password prompt. If the server requires password
	      authentication and a password is not available  by  other	 means
	      such  as	a .pgpass file, the connection attempt will fail. This
	      option can be useful in batch jobs and scripts where no user  is
	      present to enter a password.

       -W

       --password
	      Force createuser to prompt for a password (for connecting to the
	      server, not for the password of the new user).

	      This option is never essential, since createuser will  automati‐
	      cally  prompt  for  a  password  if  the server demands password
	      authentication.  However, createuser  will  waste	 a  connection
	      attempt  finding	out that the server wants a password.  In some
	      cases it is worth	 typing	 -W  to	 avoid	the  extra  connection
	      attempt.

ENVIRONMENT
       PGHOST

       PGPORT

       PGUSER Default connection parameters

       This utility, like most other PostgreSQL utilities, also uses the envi‐
       ronment variables supported by libpq (see in the documentation).

DIAGNOSTICS
       In case of difficulty, see CREATE ROLE [create_role(7)] and psql(1) for
       discussions  of	potential  problems  and error messages.  The database
       server must be running at the targeted host. Also, any default  connec‐
       tion  settings  and  environment	 variables used by the libpq front-end
       library will apply.

EXAMPLES
       To create a user joe on the default database server:

       $ createuser joe
       Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) n
       Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) n
       Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) n

       To create the same user joe using the server on host eden,  port	 5000,
       avoiding the prompts and taking a look at the underlying command:

       $ createuser -h eden -p 5000 -S -D -R -e joe
       CREATE ROLE joe NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN;

       To  create  the	user joe as a superuser, and assign a password immedi‐
       ately:

       $ createuser -P -s -e joe
       Enter password for new role: xyzzy
       Enter it again: xyzzy
       CREATE ROLE joe PASSWORD 'md5b5f5ba1a423792b526f799ae4eb3d59e' SUPERUSER CREATEDB CREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN;

       In the above example, the  new  password	 isn't	actually  echoed  when
       typed, but we show what was typed for clarity. As you see, the password
       is encrypted before it is sent to the client.  If  the  option  --unen‐
       crypted	is  used,  the password will appear in the echoed command (and
       possibly also in the server log and elsewhere), so you  don't  want  to
       use -e in that case, if anyone else can see your screen.

SEE ALSO
       dropuser(1), CREATE ROLE [create_role(7)]

Application			  2013-10-08			 CREATEUSER(1)
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