pg_user
A system catalogue view providing a publicly-accessible version of pg_shadow
pg_user is a system catalogue view providing a publicly-accessible version of pg_shadow, with identical fields apart from passwd, which is displayed as a series of asterisks (regardless of whether or not a password is set for the user).
pg_user was added in in PostgreSQL 6.3 (commit 780068f8), replacing the former system catalogue table pg_user, which was replaced by pg_shadow.
Definition by PostgreSQL version
pg_user (PostgreSQL 15)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+---------
usename | name | | |
usesysid | oid | | |
usecreatedb | boolean | | |
usesuper | boolean | | |
userepl | boolean | | |
usebypassrls | boolean | | |
passwd | text | | |
valuntil | timestamp with time zone | | |
useconfig | text[] | C | |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 14)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+---------
usename | name | | |
usesysid | oid | | |
usecreatedb | boolean | | |
usesuper | boolean | | |
userepl | boolean | | |
usebypassrls | boolean | | |
passwd | text | | |
valuntil | timestamp with time zone | | |
useconfig | text[] | C | |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 13)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+---------
usename | name | | |
usesysid | oid | | |
usecreatedb | boolean | | |
usesuper | boolean | | |
userepl | boolean | | |
usebypassrls | boolean | | |
passwd | text | | |
valuntil | timestamp with time zone | | |
useconfig | text[] | C | |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 12)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+---------
usename | name | | |
usesysid | oid | | |
usecreatedb | boolean | | |
usesuper | boolean | | |
userepl | boolean | | |
usebypassrls | boolean | | |
passwd | text | | |
valuntil | timestamp with time zone | | |
useconfig | text[] | C | |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 11)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------------+---------+-----------+----------+---------
usename | name | | |
usesysid | oid | | |
usecreatedb | boolean | | |
usesuper | boolean | | |
userepl | boolean | | |
usebypassrls | boolean | | |
passwd | text | | |
valuntil | abstime | | |
useconfig | text[] | | |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 10)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------------+---------+-----------+----------+---------
usename | name | | |
usesysid | oid | | |
usecreatedb | boolean | | |
usesuper | boolean | | |
userepl | boolean | | |
usebypassrls | boolean | | |
passwd | text | | |
valuntil | abstime | | |
useconfig | text[] | | |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 9.6)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------+---------+-----------
usename | name |
usesysid | oid |
usecreatedb | boolean |
usesuper | boolean |
userepl | boolean |
usebypassrls | boolean |
passwd | text |
valuntil | abstime |
useconfig | text[] |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 9.5)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------+---------+-----------
usename | name |
usesysid | oid |
usecreatedb | boolean |
usesuper | boolean |
userepl | boolean |
usebypassrls | boolean |
passwd | text |
valuntil | abstime |
useconfig | text[] |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 9.4)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-------------+---------+-----------
usename | name |
usesysid | oid |
usecreatedb | boolean |
usesuper | boolean |
usecatupd | boolean |
userepl | boolean |
passwd | text |
valuntil | abstime |
useconfig | text[] |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 9.3)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-------------+---------+-----------
usename | name |
usesysid | oid |
usecreatedb | boolean |
usesuper | boolean |
usecatupd | boolean |
userepl | boolean |
passwd | text |
valuntil | abstime |
useconfig | text[] |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 9.2)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-------------+---------+-----------
usename | name |
usesysid | oid |
usecreatedb | boolean |
usesuper | boolean |
usecatupd | boolean |
userepl | boolean |
passwd | text |
valuntil | abstime |
useconfig | text[] |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 9.1)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-------------+---------+-----------
usename | name |
usesysid | oid |
usecreatedb | boolean |
usesuper | boolean |
usecatupd | boolean |
userepl | boolean |
passwd | text |
valuntil | abstime |
useconfig | text[] |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 9.0)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-------------+---------+-----------
usename | name |
usesysid | oid |
usecreatedb | boolean |
usesuper | boolean |
usecatupd | boolean |
passwd | text |
valuntil | abstime |
useconfig | text[] |
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 8.4)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-------------+---------+-----------
usename | name |
usesysid | oid |
usecreatedb | boolean |
usesuper | boolean |
usecatupd | boolean |
passwd | text |
valuntil | abstime |
useconfig | text[] |
View definition:
SELECT pg_shadow.usename, pg_shadow.usesysid, pg_shadow.usecreatedb, pg_shadow.usesuper, pg_shadow.usecatupd, '********'::text AS passwd, pg_shadow.valuntil, pg_shadow.useconfig
FROM pg_shadow;
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 8.3)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-------------+---------+-----------
usename | name |
usesysid | oid |
usecreatedb | boolean |
usesuper | boolean |
usecatupd | boolean |
passwd | text |
valuntil | abstime |
useconfig | text[] |
View definition:
SELECT pg_shadow.usename, pg_shadow.usesysid, pg_shadow.usecreatedb, pg_shadow.usesuper, pg_shadow.usecatupd, '********'::text AS passwd, pg_shadow.valuntil, pg_shadow.useconfig
FROM pg_shadow;
Documentation: pg_user
pg_user (PostgreSQL 8.2)
View "pg_catalog.pg_user"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-------------+---------+-----------
usename | name |
usesysid | oid |
usecreatedb | boolean |
usesuper | boolean |
usecatupd | boolean |
passwd | text |
valuntil | abstime |
useconfig | text[] |
View definition:
SELECT pg_shadow.usename, pg_shadow.usesysid, pg_shadow.usecreatedb, pg_shadow.usesuper, pg_shadow.usecatupd, '********'::text AS passwd, pg_shadow.valuntil, pg_shadow.useconfig
FROM pg_shadow;
Documentation: pg_user
Change history
- PostgreSQL 9.5
- PostgreSQL 9.1
- column
userepladded (commit 9b8aff8c)
- column
- PostgreSQL 7.3
- PostgreSQL 6.3
Examples
postgres=> SELECT * FROM pg_user WHERE usename='postgres'\x\g\x
Expanded display is on.
-[ RECORD 1 ]+---------------------------
usename | postgres
pg_authid|usesysid\\ | 10
usecreatedb | t
usesuper | t
userepl | t
usebypassrls | t
passwd | ********
valuntil |
useconfig | {password_encryption=true}
References
- PostgreSQL documentation: pg_user