The view pg_user provides access to
information about database users. This is simply a publicly
readable view of
pg_shadow
that blanks out the password field.
Table 42-45. pg_user Columns
| Name | Type | References | Description |
|---|
| usename | name | | User name |
| usesysid | int4 | | User ID (arbitrary number used to reference this user) |
| usecreatedb | bool | | User may create databases |
| usesuper | bool | | User is a superuser |
| usecatupd | bool | | User may update system catalogs. (Even a superuser may not do
this unless this column is true.)
|
| passwd | text | | Not the password (always reads as ********) |
| valuntil | abstime | | Password expiry time (only used for password authentication) |
| useconfig | text[] | | Session defaults for run-time configuration variables |