CREATEUSER(1)		PostgreSQL 9.2.24 Documentation		 CREATEUSER(1)



NAME
       createuser - define a new PostgreSQL user account

SYNOPSIS
       createuser [connection-option...] [option...] [username]

DESCRIPTION
       createuser creates a new PostgreSQL user (or more precisely, a role).
       Only superusers and users with CREATEROLE privilege can create new
       users, so createuser must be invoked by someone who can connect as a
       superuser or a user with CREATEROLE privilege.

       If you wish to create a new superuser, you must connect as a superuser,
       not merely with CREATEROLE privilege. Being a superuser implies the
       ability to bypass all access permission checks within the database, so
       superuserdom should not be granted lightly.

       createuser is a wrapper around the SQL command CREATE ROLE
       (CREATE_ROLE(7)). There is no effective difference between creating
       users via this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.

OPTIONS
       createuser accepts the following command-line arguments:

       username
	   Specifies the name of the PostgreSQL user to be created. This name
	   must be different from all existing roles in this PostgreSQL
	   installation.

       -c number, --connection-limit=number
	   Set a maximum number of connections for the new user. The default
	   is to set no limit.

       -d, --createdb
	   The new user will be allowed to create databases.

       -D, --no-createdb
	   The new user will not be allowed to create databases. This is the
	   default.

       -e, --echo
	   Echo the commands that createuser generates and sends to the
	   server.

       -E, --encrypted
	   Encrypts the user's password stored in the database. If not
	   specified, the default password behavior is used.

       -i, --inherit
	   The new role will automatically inherit privileges of roles it is a
	   member of. This is the default.

       -I, --no-inherit
	   The new role will not automatically inherit privileges of roles it
	   is a member of.

       --interactive
	   Prompt for the user name if none is specified on the command line,
	   and also prompt for whichever of the options -d/-D, -r/-R, -s/-S is
	   not specified on the command line. (This was the default behavior
	   up to PostgreSQL 9.1.)

       -l, --login
	   The new user will be allowed to log in (that is, the user name can
	   be used as the initial session user identifier). This is the
	   default.

       -L, --no-login
	   The new user will not be allowed to log in. (A role without login
	   privilege is still useful as a means of managing database
	   permissions.)

       -N, --unencrypted
	   Does not encrypt the user's password stored in the database. If not
	   specified, the default password behavior is used.

       -P, --pwprompt
	   If given, createuser will issue a prompt for the password of the
	   new user. This is not necessary if you do not plan on using
	   password authentication.

       -r, --createrole
	   The new user will be allowed to create new roles (that is, this
	   user will have CREATEROLE privilege).

       -R, --no-createrole
	   The new user will not be allowed to create new roles. This is the
	   default.

       -s, --superuser
	   The new user will be a superuser.

       -S, --no-superuser
	   The new user will not be a superuser. This is the default.

       -V, --version
	   Print the createuser version and exit.

       --replication
	   The new user will have the REPLICATION privilege, which is
	   described more fully in the documentation for CREATE ROLE
	   (CREATE_ROLE(7)).

       --no-replication
	   The new user will not have the REPLICATION privilege, which is
	   described more fully in the documentation for CREATE ROLE
	   (CREATE_ROLE(7)).

       -?, --help
	   Show help about createuser command line arguments, and exit.

       createuser also accepts the following command-line arguments for
       connection parameters:

       -h host, --host=host
	   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.

       -p port, --port=port
	   Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file extension
	   on which the server is listening for connections.

       -U username, --username=username
	   User name to connect as (not the user name to create).

       -w, --no-password
	   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.

       -W, --password
	   Force createuser to prompt for a password (for connecting to the
	   server, not for the password of the new user).

	   This option is never essential, since createuser will automatically
	   prompt for a password if the server demands password
	   authentication. However, createuser will waste a connection attempt
	   finding out that the server wants a password. In some cases it is
	   worth typing -W to avoid the extra connection attempt.

ENVIRONMENT
       PGHOST, PGPORT, PGUSER
	   Default connection parameters

       This utility, like most other PostgreSQL utilities, also uses the
       environment variables supported by libpq (see Section 31.14,
       "Environment Variables", in the documentation).

DIAGNOSTICS
       In case of difficulty, see CREATE ROLE (CREATE_ROLE(7)) and psql(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.

EXAMPLES
       To create a user joe on the default database server:

	   $ createuser joe

       To create a user joe on the default database server with prompting for
       some additional attributes:

	   $ createuser --interactive joe
	   Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) n
	   Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) n
	   Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) n

       To create the same user joe using the server on host eden, port 5000,
       with attributes explicitly specified, taking a look at the underlying
       command:

	   $ createuser -h eden -p 5000 -S -D -R -e joe
	   CREATE ROLE joe NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN;

       To create the user joe as a superuser, and assign a password
       immediately:

	   $ createuser -P -s -e joe
	   Enter password for new role: xyzzy
	   Enter it again: xyzzy
	   CREATE ROLE joe PASSWORD 'md5b5f5ba1a423792b526f799ae4eb3d59e' SUPERUSER CREATEDB CREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN;

       In the above example, the new password isn't actually echoed when
       typed, but we show what was typed for clarity. As you see, the password
       is encrypted before it is sent to the client. If the option
       --unencrypted is used, the password will appear in the echoed command
       (and possibly also in the server log and elsewhere), so you don't want
       to use -e in that case, if anyone else can see your screen.

SEE ALSO
       dropuser(1), CREATE ROLE (CREATE_ROLE(7))



PostgreSQL 9.2.24		  2017-11-06			 CREATEUSER(1)