Re: Difference between ROLE and USER1

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Philippe Salama <karebacnyc(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Difference between ROLE and USER1
Date: 2006-12-10 03:30:15
Message-ID: 27823.1165721415@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Philippe Salama <karebacnyc(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> Ok, I found something on ROLE, but I am still puzzled on how ROLE differs from USER

Users are the same thing as roles, pretty much. A user is a role with
the LOGIN attribute ... roles with the NOLOGIN attribute correspond to
what we used to call groups. You can find more about that in the docs:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/user-manag.html

BTW, not to be impolite, but day-zero questions belong on pgsql-novice
not pgsql-admin.

regards, tom lane

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