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dropuser - Unix, Linux Command
NAME
dropuser - remove a PostgreSQL user account
SYNOPSIS
dropuser [ option... ] [ username ]
DESCRIPTION
dropuser removes an existing
PostgreSQL user.
Only superusers and users with the CREATEROLE privilege can
remove PostgreSQL users. (To remove a
superuser, you must yourself be a superuser.)
dropuser is a wrapper around the
SQL command DROP ROLE [drop_role(7)].
There is no effective difference between dropping users via
this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
OPTIONS
dropuser accepts the following command-line arguments:
Tag | Description |
username
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Specifies the name of the PostgreSQL user to be removed.
You will be prompted for a name if none is specified on the command line.
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-e
--echo
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Echo the commands that dropuser generates
and sends to the server.
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-i
--interactive
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Prompt for confirmation before actually removing the user.
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-q
--quiet
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Do not display a response.
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dropuser also accepts the following
command-line arguments for connection parameters:
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-h host
--host host
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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.
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-p port
--port port
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Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
extension on which the server
is listening for connections.
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-U username
--username username
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User name to connect as (not the user name to drop)
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-W
--password
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Force password prompt (to connect to the server, not for the
password of the user to be dropped).
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ENVIRONMENT
Tag | Description |
PGHOST
PGPORT
PGUSER
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Default connection parameters
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DIAGNOSTICS
In case of difficulty, see DROP ROLE [drop_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 remove user joe from the default database
server:
To remove user joe using the server on host
eden, port 5000, with verification and a peek at the underlying
command:
$ dropuser -p 5000 -h eden -i -e joe
Role "joe" will be permanently removed.
Are you sure? (y/n) y
DROP ROLE "joe"
DROP ROLE
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SEE ALSO
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