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.\"     Title: CREATE USER
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2024
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation
.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 16.3
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "CREATE USER" "7" "2024" "PostgreSQL 16.3" "PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
CREATE_USER \- define a new database role
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
CREATE USER \fIname\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
    | IN ROLE \fIrole_name\fR [, \&.\&.\&.]
    | IN GROUP \fIrole_name\fR [, \&.\&.\&.]
    | ROLE \fIrole_name\fR [, \&.\&.\&.]
    | ADMIN \fIrole_name\fR [, \&.\&.\&.]
    | USER \fIrole_name\fR [, \&.\&.\&.]
    | SYSID \fIuid\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBCREATE USER\fR
is now an alias for
\fBCREATE ROLE\fR\&. The only difference is that when the command is spelled
\fBCREATE USER\fR,
LOGIN
is assumed by default, whereas
NOLOGIN
is assumed when the command is spelled
\fBCREATE ROLE\fR\&.
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
The
\fBCREATE USER\fR
statement is a
PostgreSQL
extension\&. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
CREATE ROLE (\fBCREATE_ROLE\fR(7))