Re: LOGIN/NOLOGIN in psql

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: asheiduk(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: LOGIN/NOLOGIN in psql
Date: 2020-02-13 14:55:53
Message-ID: CAKFQuwb-EBci_JT9qXv0zcXPgtsYc79x_cO7PvdiksyJ5QjfaQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 2:53 AM PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/sql-createrole.html
> Description:
>
> Please add something like this to the LOGIN/NOLOGIN part:
>
> The `psql` commands `\du` and `\dg` show `Cannot login` for roles with
> `NOLOGIN` and nothing for roles with `LOGIN`. For other attributes `psql`
> show their positive forms.
>

I suspect it is intentional that none (I think...) of the material in the
SQL Commands section mentions psql. I can see changing the psql page to
note the absence of a positive form presentation for this particular
attribute under the descriptions of the \du and \dg meta-commands.

David J.

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