Thread: listing users and their rights

as a pgsql superuser, how can i list all the users and their rights? on
mysql i just do a select on the mysql table. i'm a newbie here. i read the
documents and didn't find the answer.

also, when i start 'psql' as system user joe, it says:

psql: FATAL 1:  Database "joe" does not exist in the system catalog.

if i run psql as system user XXX it would say '... Database "XXX" does not
exist...'

from the documents, it seems as though i can start psql without specifying
a database.

Thomas T. Thai writes:

> as a pgsql superuser, how can i list all the users and their rights?

SELECT * FROM pg_user;

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"Thomas T. Thai" wrote:
  >also, when i start 'psql' as system user joe, it says:
  >
  >psql: FATAL 1:  Database "joe" does not exist in the system catalog.
  >
  >if i run psql as system user XXX it would say '... Database "XXX" does not
  >exist...'
  >
  >from the documents, it seems as though i can start psql without specifying
  >a database.
  >
If you don't specify the database, psql defaults to a database named by your
own login name.  If you want to connect to any other database, do
`psql -d database'.

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