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-.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
-.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/createuser.1,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:22 scrappy Exp $
-.TH CREATEUSER UNIX 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95
-.SH NAME
-createuser \(em create a Postgres user
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.BR createuser
-[\c
-.BR -a
-system]
-[\c
-.BR -h
-host]
-[\c
-.BR -p
-port]
-[username]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.IR Createuser
-creates a new Postgres user. Only users with \*(lqusesuper\*(rq set in
-the \*(lqpg_user\*(rq class can create new Postgres users. As shipped,
-the user \*(lqpostgres\*(rq can create users.
-.PP
-.IR Createuser
-is a shell script that invokes
-.IR psql .
-Hence, a
-.IR postmaster
-process must be running on the database server host before
-.IR createuser
-is executed. In addition, the
-.SM PGOPTION
-and
-.SM PGREALM
-environment
-variables will be passed on to
-.IR psql
-and processed as described in
-.IR psql (1).
-.PP
-The optional argument
-.IR username
-specifies the name of the Postgres user to be created. (The invoker will
-be prompted for a name if none is specified on the command line.)
-This name must be unique among all Postgres users.
-.PP
-.IR Createuser
-understands the following command-line options:
-.TP 5n
-.BR "-a" " system"
-Specifies an authentication system
-.IR "system"
-(see
-.IR introduction (1))
-to use in connecting to the
-.IR postmaster
-process. The default is site-specific.
-.TP
-.BR "-h" " host"
-Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
-.IR postmaster
-is running. Defaults to the name of the local host, or the value of
-the
-.SM PGHOST
-environment variable (if set).
-.TP
-.BR "-p" " port"
-Specifies the Internet TCP port on which the
-.IR postmaster
-is listening for connections. Defaults to 5432, or the value of the
-.SM PGPORT
-environment variable (if set).
-.SH "INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS"
-Once invoked with the above options,
-.IR createuser
-will ask a series of questions. The new users's login name (if not
-given on the command line) and user-id must be specified. (Note that
-the Postgres user-id must be the same as the user's Unix user-id.) In
-addition, you must describe the security capabilities of the new user.
-Specifically, you will be asked whether the new user should be able to
-act as Postgres super-user, create new databases and update the system
-catalogs manually.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-destroyuser(1),
-psql(1),
-postmaster(1).
-.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-.TP 5n
-.BI "Error: Failed to connect to backend (host=" "xxx" ", port=" "xxx" ")"
-.IR Createuser
-could not attach to the
-.IR postmaster
-process on the specified host and port. If you see this message,
-ensure that the
-.IR postmaster
-is running on the proper host and that you have specified the proper
-port. If your site uses an authentication system, ensure that you
-have obtained the required authentication credentials.
-.TP
-.BI "user \*(lq" "username" "\*(rq is not in \*(lqpg_user\*(rq"
-You do not have a valid entry in the relation \*(lqpg_user\*(rq and
-cannot do anything with Postgres at all; contact your Postgres site
-administrator.
-.TP
-.IB "username" " cannot create users."
-You do not have permission to create new users; contact your Postgres
-site administrator.
-.TP
-.BI "user \*(lq" "username" "\*(rq already exists"
-The user to be added already has an entry in the \*(lqpg_user\*(rq
-class.
-.TP
-.BR "database access failed"
-An internal error occurred in
-.IR psql
-or the backend server. Ensure that your Postgres site administrator has
-properly installed Postgres and initialized the site with
-.IR initdb .
-.SH BUGS
-Postgres user-ids and user names should not have anything to do with the
-constraints of Unix.