ALTER USER
ALTER USER — change a database role
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 } SET configuration_parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT }
ALTER USER { role_specification | ALL } SET configuration_parameter FROM CURRENT
ALTER USER { role_specification | ALL } RESET configuration_parameter
ALTER USER { role_specification | ALL } RESET ALL
where role_specification can be:
role_name
| CURRENT_USER
| SESSION_USER
ALTER USER
is now an alias for ALTER ROLE.
The ALTER USER
statement is a PostgreSQL extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation.