Updated on 2024-05-07 GMT+08:00

PG_ROLES

PG_ROLES displays information about database roles. Initialization 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.

rolinherit

boolean

N/A

Specifies whether the role inherits the permissions for this type of roles.

rolcreaterole

boolean

N/A

Specifies whether the role can create other roles.

rolcreatedb

boolean

N/A

Specifies whether the role can create databases.

rolcatupdate

boolean

N/A

Specifies whether the role can update system tables directly. Only the initial system administrator whose usesysid is 10 has this permission. It is unavailable for other users.

rolcanlogin

boolean

N/A

Specifies whether the role can log in to the database.

rolreplication

boolean

N/A

Specifies whether the role can be replicated.

rolauditadmin

boolean

N/A

Specifies whether the role is an audit administrator.

rolsystemadmin

boolean

N/A

Specifies whether the role is a system administrator.

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

Start time for account validity (NULL if no start time).

rolvaliduntil

timestamp with time zone

N/A

End time for account validity (NULL if end time is not specified).

rolrespool

name

N/A

Resource pool that can be used by a user.

rolparentid

oid

PG_AUTHID.rolparentid

OID of a group user to which the user belongs

roltabspace

text

N/A

Storage space limit of the user permanent table, in KB.

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.

rolconfig

text[]

PG_DB_ROLE_SETTING.setconfig

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

rolkind

"char"

N/A

Role type

  • n: common user, that is, non-permanent user
  • p: permanent user.

nodegroup

name

N/A

Unsupported currently.

rolmonitoradmin

boolean

N/A

Specifies whether the role is a monitor administrator.

roloperatoradmin

boolean

N/A

Specifies whether the role is an O&M administrator.

rolpolicyadmin

boolean

N/A

Specifies whether the role is a security policy administrator.