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+'\" t
+.\" Title: ALTER USER
+.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 2024
+.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation
+.\" Source: PostgreSQL 16.2
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "ALTER USER" "7" "2024" "PostgreSQL 16.2" "PostgreSQL 16.2 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"
+ALTER_USER \- change a database role
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.nf
+ALTER USER \fIrole_specification\fR [ WITH ] \fIoption\fR [ \&.\&.\&. ]
+
+where \fIoption\fR can be:
+
+ SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
+ | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
+ | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
+ | INHERIT | NOINHERIT
+ | LOGIN | NOLOGIN
+ | REPLICATION | NOREPLICATION
+ | BYPASSRLS | NOBYPASSRLS
+ | CONNECTION LIMIT \fIconnlimit\fR
+ | [ ENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD \*(Aq\fIpassword\fR\*(Aq | PASSWORD NULL
+ | VALID UNTIL \*(Aq\fItimestamp\fR\*(Aq
+
+ALTER USER \fIname\fR RENAME TO \fInew_name\fR
+
+ALTER USER { \fIrole_specification\fR | ALL } [ IN DATABASE \fIdatabase_name\fR ] SET \fIconfiguration_parameter\fR { TO | = } { \fIvalue\fR | DEFAULT }
+ALTER USER { \fIrole_specification\fR | ALL } [ IN DATABASE \fIdatabase_name\fR ] SET \fIconfiguration_parameter\fR FROM CURRENT
+ALTER USER { \fIrole_specification\fR | ALL } [ IN DATABASE \fIdatabase_name\fR ] RESET \fIconfiguration_parameter\fR
+ALTER USER { \fIrole_specification\fR | ALL } [ IN DATABASE \fIdatabase_name\fR ] RESET ALL
+
+where \fIrole_specification\fR can be:
+
+ \fIrole_name\fR
+ | CURRENT_ROLE
+ | CURRENT_USER
+ | SESSION_USER
+.fi
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+\fBALTER USER\fR
+is now an alias for
+\fBALTER ROLE\fR\&.
+.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
+.PP
+The
+\fBALTER USER\fR
+statement is a
+PostgreSQL
+extension\&. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation\&.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+ALTER ROLE (\fBALTER_ROLE\fR(7))