SYNOPSIS

ALTER USER name [ [ WITH ] option [ ... ] ]
where option can be:
SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
| CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
| CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
| CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
| INHERIT | NOINHERIT
| LOGIN | NOLOGIN
| REPLICATION | NOREPLICATION
| CONNECTION LIMIT connlimit
| [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password'
| VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'
ALTER USER name RENAME TO new_name
ALTER USER name SET configuration_parameter { TO | = } { value | DEFAULT }
ALTER USER name SET configuration_parameter FROM CURRENT
ALTER USER name RESET configuration_parameter
ALTER USER name RESET ALL

DESCRIPTION

Note

The following description applies both to Postgres-XC and PostgreSQL if not described explicitly.

ALTER USER is now an alias for ALTER ROLE (ALTER_ROLE(7)).

COMPATIBILITY

The ALTER USER statement is a Postgres-XC extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation.