ALTER USER
Alter existing user options.
Alter existing user options.
Note: Deprecated.
ALTER USER
is
supported for backwards compatibility only. Use ROLE for authentication and
authorization.Superusers can change a user's password or superuser status. To prevent
disabling all superusers, superusers cannot change their own superuser status. Ordinary
users can change only their own password. Enclose the user name in single quotation marks if
it contains non-alphanumeric characters. Enclose the password in single quotation marks. See
CREATE ROLE for more information about
SUPERUSER
and NOSUPERUSER
.
Synopsis
ALTER USER user_name
WITH PASSWORD 'password'
[ ( SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER ) ]
Syntax conventions | Description |
---|---|
UPPERCASE | Literal keyword. |
Lowercase | Not literal. |
Italics |
Variable value. Replace with a user-defined value. |
[] |
Optional. Square brackets ( [] ) surround
optional command arguments. Do not type the square brackets. |
( ) |
Group. Parentheses ( ( ) ) identify a group to
choose from. Do not type the parentheses. |
| |
Or. A vertical bar ( | ) separates alternative
elements. Type any one of the elements. Do not type the vertical
bar. |
... |
Repeatable. An ellipsis ( ... ) indicates that
you can repeat the syntax element as often as required. |
'Literal string' |
Single quotation ( ' ) marks must surround
literal strings in CQL statements. Use single quotation marks to
preserve upper case. |
{ key : value
} |
Map collection. Braces ( { } ) enclose map
collections or key value pairs. A colon separates the key and the
value. |
<datatype1,datatype2> |
Set, list, map, or tuple. Angle brackets ( <
> ) enclose data types in a set, list, map, or tuple.
Separate the data types with a comma. |
cql_statement; |
End CQL statement. A semicolon ( ; ) terminates
all CQL statements. |
[--] |
Separate the command line options from the command arguments with
two hyphens ( -- ). This syntax is useful when
arguments might be mistaken for command line options. |
' <schema> ... </schema>
' |
Search CQL only: Single quotation marks ( ' )
surround an entire XML schema declaration. |
@xml_entity='xml_entity_type' |
Search CQL only: Identify the entity and literal value to overwrite the XML element in the schema and solrConfig files. |
Examples
Alter a user's
password:
ALTER USER moss WITH PASSWORD 'bestReceiver';
Alter a user to make that a superuser:
ALTER USER moss SUPERUSER;