CREATE USER¶

Synopsis¶

CREATE USER user_name
  WITH PASSWORD 'password' NOSUPERUSER | SUPERUSER

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Description¶

CREATE USER defines a new database user account. By default users accounts do not have superuser status. Only a superuser can issue CREATE USER requests.

User accounts are required for logging in under internal authentication and authorization.

Enclose the user name in single quotation marks if it contains non-alphanumeric characters. You cannot recreate an existing user. To change the superuser status or password, use ALTER USER.

Creating internal user accounts¶

You need to use the WITH PASSWORD clause when creating a user account for internal authentication. Enclose the password in single quotation marks.

Example

CREATE USER spillman WITH PASSWORD 'Niner27';
CREATE USER akers WITH PASSWORD 'Niner2' SUPERUSER;
CREATE USER boone WITH PASSWORD 'Niner75' NOSUPERUSER;

If internal authentication has not been set up, you do not need the WITH PASSWORD clause:

CREATE USER test NOSUPERUSER;