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USER and ALTER USER to appear in any order, not only the fixed order they used to be required to appear in. Also, some changes from Tom Lane to create a FULL option for VACUUM; it doesn't do anything yet, but I needed to change many of the same files to make that happen, so now seemed like a good time.
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml,v 1.17 2001/07/10 22:09:27 tgl Exp $
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Postgres documentation
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<refentry id="SQL-CREATEUSER">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle id="sql-createuser-title">
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CREATE USER
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</refentrytitle>
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<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>
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CREATE USER
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</refname>
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<refpurpose>
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Creates a new database user
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</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsynopsisdivinfo>
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<date>2001-07-10</date>
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</refsynopsisdivinfo>
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<synopsis>
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CREATE USER <replaceable class="PARAMETER">username</replaceable> [ [ WITH ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> [ ... ] ]
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where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> can be:
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SYSID <replaceable class="PARAMETER">uid</replaceable>
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| PASSWORD '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">password</replaceable>'
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| CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
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| CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
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| IN GROUP <replaceable class="PARAMETER">groupname</replaceable> [, ...]
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| VALID UNTIL '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">abstime</replaceable>'
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</synopsis>
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<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-CREATEUSER-1">
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<refsect2info>
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<date>1998-09-21</date>
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</refsect2info>
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<title>
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Inputs
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</title>
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<para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The name of the user.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">uid</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The <literal>SYSID</literal> clause can be used to choose
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the <productname>Postgres</productname> user id of the user
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that is being created. It is not at all necessary that those
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match the <acronym>UNIX</acronym> user ids, but some people
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choose to keep the numbers the same.
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</para>
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<para>
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If this is not specified, the highest assigned user id plus one
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will be used as default.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">password</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Sets the user's password. If you do not plan to use password
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authentication you can omit this option, otherwise the user
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won't be able to connect to a password-authenticated server.
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See the chapter on client authentication in the
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<citetitle>Administrator's Guide</citetitle> for details on
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how to set up authentication mechanisms.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>CREATEDB</term>
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<term>NOCREATEDB</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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These clauses define a user's ability to create databases.
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If CREATEDB is specified, the user being defined will
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be allowed to create his own databases. Using NOCREATEDB
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will deny a user the ability to create databases. If this
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clause is omitted, NOCREATEDB is used by default.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>CREATEUSER</term>
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<term>NOCREATEUSER</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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These clauses determine whether a user will be permitted to
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create new users himself. This option will also make the user
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a superuser who can override all access restrictions.
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Omitting this clause will set the user's value of this
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attribute to be NOCREATEUSER.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">groupname</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A name of a group into which to insert the user as a new member.
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Multiple group names may be listed.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">abstime</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The VALID UNTIL clause sets an absolute time after which the
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user's password is no longer valid.
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If this clause is omitted the login will be valid for all time.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-CREATEUSER-2">
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<refsect2info>
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<date>1998-09-21</date>
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</refsect2info>
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<title>
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Outputs
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</title>
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<para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><computeroutput>CREATE USER</computeroutput></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Message returned if the command completes successfully.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</refsect2>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-CREATEUSER-1">
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<refsect1info>
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<date>1998-09-21</date>
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</refsect1info>
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<title>
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Description
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</title>
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<para>
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<command>CREATE USER</command> will add a new user to an instance of
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<productname>Postgres</productname>. Refer to the administrator's
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guide for information about managing users and authentication.
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You must be a database superuser to use this command.
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</para>
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<para>
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Use <xref linkend="SQL-ALTERUSER" endterm="SQL-ALTERUSER-title">
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to change a user's password and privileges, and <xref linkend="SQL-DROPUSER"
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endterm="SQL-DROPUSER-title"> to remove a user.
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Use <xref linkend="SQL-ALTERGROUP" endterm="SQL-ALTERGROUP-title">
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to add or remove the user from other groups.
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<productname>Postgres</productname>
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comes with a script <xref linkend="APP-CREATEUSER"
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endterm="APP-CREATEUSER-title">
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which has the same functionality as this command (in fact, it calls this command)
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but can be run from the command shell.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-CREATEUSER-2">
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<title>
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Usage
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</title>
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<para>
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Create a user with no password:
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<programlisting>
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CREATE USER jonathan
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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Create a user with a password:
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<programlisting>
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CREATE USER davide WITH PASSWORD 'jw8s0F4'
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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Create a user with a password, whose account is valid until the end of 2001.
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Note that after one second has ticked in 2002, the account is not
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valid:
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<programlisting>
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CREATE USER miriam WITH PASSWORD 'jw8s0F4' VALID UNTIL 'Jan 1 2002'
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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Create an account where the user can create databases:
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<programlisting>
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CREATE USER manuel WITH PASSWORD 'jw8s0F4' CREATEDB
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-CREATEUSER-3">
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<title>
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Compatibility
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</title>
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<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-CREATEUSER-4">
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<refsect2info>
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<date>1998-09-21</date>
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</refsect2info>
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<title>
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SQL92
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</title>
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<para>
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There is no <command>CREATE USER</command> statement in SQL92.
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</para>
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</refsect2>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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