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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 45-71. pg_user Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| usename | name | User name |
| usesysid | oid | ID of this user |
| usecreatedb | bool | User can create databases |
| usesuper | bool | User is a superuser |
| usecatupd | bool | User can update system catalogs. (Even a superuser cannot do this unless this column is true.) |
| userepl | bool | User can initiate streaming replication and put the system in and out of backup mode. |
| 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 |
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