pg_shadow#

The view pg_shadow shows properties of all roles that are marked as rolcanlogin.

The name stems from the fact that this table should not be readable by the public since it contains passwords.

Table 1. pg_catalog.pg_shadow

Name

Type

References

Description

usename

name

pg_authid.rolname

User name

usesysid

oid

pg_authid.oid

ID of this user

usecreatedb

bool

User may create databases

usesuper

bool

User is a superuser

usecatupd

bool

User may update system catalogs. (Even a superuser may not do this unless this column is true.)

passwd

text

Password (possibly encrypted)

valuntil

abstime

Password expiry time (only used for password authentication)

useconfig

text[]

Session defaults for run-time configuration variables