Re: meaning of "create role"

am  Wed, dem 20.06.2007, um  9:20:44 -0400 mailte Carol Cheung folgendes:
> Hi,
>
> In PostgreSQL 8.1, when I'm in psql, the command "\du" produces a table
> with one of the columns as "Create role". What does "yes" under "Create
> role" mean?

The user has the right to create a new role.


> (I know that "Create role" seems pretty self-explanatory, but what
> perplexes me is all the users have "no" under "Create role". Does this
> mean that all the users are not allowed to create roles?)

Yes.

I guess, you have at least one user with 'yes', named 'postgres'.


Andreas
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