PG_ROLES

PG_ROLES displays information about database roles. Initial users and users with the sysadmin or createrole attribute can view information about all roles. Other users can view only their own information.

**Table 1** PG_ROLES columns
Name	Type	Reference	Description
rolname	name	N/A	Role name.
rolsuper	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether a role is the initial system administrator with the highest permissions. t (true): yes. f (false): no.
rolinherit	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether the role inherits the permissions for this type of roles. t (true): yes. f (false): no.
rolcreaterole	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether the role can create other roles. t (true): yes. f (false): no.
rolcreatedb	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether the role can create databases. t (true): yes. f (false): no.
rolcatupdate	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether the role can update system catalogs directly. Only the initial system administrator whose usesysid is 10 has this permission. This permission is unavailable for other users. t (true): yes. f (false): no.
rolcanlogin	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether the role can log in to the database. t (true): yes. f (false): no.
rolreplication	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether the role can be replicated. t (true): yes. f (false): no.
rolauditadmin	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether the role is an audit administrator. t (true): yes. f (false): no.
rolsystemadmin	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether the role is a system administrator. t (true): yes. f (false): no.
rolconnlimit	integer	N/A	Maximum number of concurrent connections that a role can initiate if this role can log in. The value –1 indicates no limit.
rolpassword	text	N/A	Encrypted user password. The value is displayed as ********.
rolvalidbegin	timestamp with time zone	N/A	Start time for account validity (NULL if the start time is not specified).
rolvaliduntil	timestamp with time zone	N/A	End time for account validity (NULL if the end time is not specified).
rolrespool	name	N/A	Resource pool that a user can use
rolparentid	oid	rolparentid in PG_AUTHID	OID of a group user to which the user belongs
roltabspace	text	N/A	Storage space of the user permanent table, in KB.
rolconfig	text[]	setconfig in PG_DB_ROLE_SETTING	Default value of GUC items.
oid	oid	oid in PG_AUTHID	Role ID
roluseft	Boolean	roluseft in PG_AUTHID	Specifies whether the role can perform operations on foreign tables t (true): yes. f (false): no.
rolkind	"char"	N/A	Role type n: common user, that is, non-permanent user. p: permanent user.
roltempspace	text	N/A	Storage space of the user temporary table, in KB.
rolspillspace	text	N/A	Operator disk spill space of the user, in KB.
rolmonitoradmin	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether the role is a monitor administrator. t (true): yes. f (false): no.
roloperatoradmin	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether the role is an O&M administrator. t (true): yes. f (false): no.
rolpolicyadmin	Boolean	N/A	Specifies whether the role is a security policy administrator. t (true): yes. f (false): no.