ALTER USER(7) PostgreSQL 14.20 Documentation ALTER USER(7)
NAME
ALTER_USER - change a database role
SYNOPSIS
ALTER USER role_specification [ 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'
ALTER USER name RENAME TO new_name
ALTER USER { role_specification | ALL } [ IN DATABASE database_name ] SET configuration_parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT }
ALTER USER { role_specification | ALL } [ IN DATABASE database_name ] SET configuration_parameter FROM CURRENT
ALTER USER { role_specification | ALL } [ IN DATABASE database_name ] RESET configuration_parameter
ALTER USER { role_specification | ALL } [ IN DATABASE database_name ] RESET ALL
where role_specification can be:
role_name
| CURRENT_ROLE
| CURRENT_USER
| SESSION_USER
DESCRIPTION
ALTER USER is now an alias for ALTER ROLE.
COMPATIBILITY
The ALTER USER statement is a PostgreSQL extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition
of users to the implementation.
SEE ALSO
ALTER ROLE (ALTER_ROLE(7))
PostgreSQL 14.20 2025 ALTER USER(7)
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