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 43-50. pg_user Columns
| Name | Type | 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 | |
