GS_ROLES

GS_ROLES displays information about database roles. The initial user and users with the SYSADMIN or CREATEROLE attribute can view information about all roles. Other users can view only their own information.

**Table 1** GS_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	Sets the maximum number of concurrent connections that this 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	Account validity start time. If this column is not set, the value is NULL.
rolvaliduntil	timestamp with time zone	N/A	Account validity end time. If this column is not set, the value is NULL.
rolrespool	name	N/A	Resource pool that a user can use.
rolparentid	oid	PG_AUTHID.rolparentid	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 runtime configuration items.
oid	oid	oid in PG_AUTHID	Role ID.
roluseft	boolean	PG_AUTHID.roluseft	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.