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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/man1/dropuser.1 b/doc/src/sgml/man1/dropuser.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d94d4fa --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/man1/dropuser.1 @@ -0,0 +1,222 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: dropuser +.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 2023 +.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation +.\" Source: PostgreSQL 15.4 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "DROPUSER" "1" "2023" "PostgreSQL 15.4" "PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +dropuser \- remove a PostgreSQL user account +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.HP \w'\fBdropuser\fR\ 'u +\fBdropuser\fR [\fIconnection\-option\fR...] [\fIoption\fR...] [\fIusername\fR] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +dropuser +removes an existing +PostgreSQL +user\&. Only superusers and users with the +CREATEROLE +privilege can remove +PostgreSQL +users\&. (To remove a superuser, you must yourself be a superuser\&.) +.PP +dropuser +is a wrapper around the +SQL +command +\fBDROP ROLE\fR\&. There is no effective difference between dropping users via this utility and via other methods for accessing the server\&. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +dropuser +accepts the following command\-line arguments: +.PP +\fIusername\fR +.RS 4 +Specifies the name of the +PostgreSQL +user to be removed\&. You will be prompted for a name if none is specified on the command line and the +\fB\-i\fR/\fB\-\-interactive\fR +option is used\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-e\fR +.br +\fB\-\-echo\fR +.RS 4 +Echo the commands that +dropuser +generates and sends to the server\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-i\fR +.br +\fB\-\-interactive\fR +.RS 4 +Prompt for confirmation before actually removing the user, and prompt for the user name if none is specified on the command line\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-V\fR +.br +\fB\-\-version\fR +.RS 4 +Print the +dropuser +version and exit\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-\-if\-exists\fR +.RS 4 +Do not throw an error if the user does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-?\fR +.br +\fB\-\-help\fR +.RS 4 +Show help about +dropuser +command line arguments, and exit\&. +.RE +.PP +dropuser +also accepts the following command\-line arguments for connection parameters: +.PP +\fB\-h \fR\fB\fIhost\fR\fR +.br +\fB\-\-host=\fR\fB\fIhost\fR\fR +.RS 4 +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\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-p \fR\fB\fIport\fR\fR +.br +\fB\-\-port=\fR\fB\fIport\fR\fR +.RS 4 +Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file extension on which the server is listening for connections\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-U \fR\fB\fIusername\fR\fR +.br +\fB\-\-username=\fR\fB\fIusername\fR\fR +.RS 4 +User name to connect as (not the user name to drop)\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-w\fR +.br +\fB\-\-no\-password\fR +.RS 4 +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\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-W\fR +.br +\fB\-\-password\fR +.RS 4 +Force +dropuser +to prompt for a password before connecting to a database\&. +.sp +This option is never essential, since +dropuser +will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands password authentication\&. However, +dropuser +will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password\&. In some cases it is worth typing +\fB\-W\fR +to avoid the extra connection attempt\&. +.RE +.SH "ENVIRONMENT" +.PP +\fBPGHOST\fR +.br +\fBPGPORT\fR +.br +\fBPGUSER\fR +.RS 4 +Default connection parameters +.RE +.PP +\fBPG_COLOR\fR +.RS 4 +Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages\&. Possible values are +always, +auto +and +never\&. +.RE +.PP +This utility, like most other +PostgreSQL +utilities, also uses the environment variables supported by +libpq +(see +Section\ \&34.15)\&. +.SH "DIAGNOSTICS" +.PP +In case of difficulty, see +DROP ROLE (\fBDROP_ROLE\fR(7)) +and +\fBpsql\fR(1) +for discussions of potential problems and error messages\&. The database server must be running at the targeted host\&. Also, any default connection settings and environment variables used by the +libpq +front\-end library will apply\&. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +To remove user +joe +from the default database server: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +$ \fBdropuser joe\fR +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.PP +To remove user +joe +using the server on host +eden, port 5000, with verification and a peek at the underlying command: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +$ \fBdropuser \-p 5000 \-h eden \-i \-e joe\fR +Role "joe" will be permanently removed\&. +Are you sure? (y/n) \fBy\fR +DROP ROLE joe; +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.SH "SEE ALSO" +\fBcreateuser\fR(1), DROP ROLE (\fBDROP_ROLE\fR(7)) |