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The view pg_shadow exists for backwards compatibility: it emulates a catalog that existed in PostgreSQL before version 8.1. It shows properties of all roles that are marked as rolcanlogin in pg_authid.
The name stems from the fact that this table should not be readable by the public since it contains passwords. pg_user is a publicly readable view on pg_shadow that blanks out the password field.
Table 45-66. pg_shadow Columns
| Name | Type | References | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| usename | name | pg_authid.rolname | User name |
| usesysid | oid | pg_authid.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 | Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. See pg_authid for details of how encrypted passwords are stored. | |
| valuntil | abstime | Password expiry time (only used for password authentication) | |
| useconfig | text[] | Session defaults for run-time configuration variables |
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