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- .SP DESTROYUSER UNIX 6/14/90
- .XA 1 Destroyuser
- .uh NAME
- .lp
- destroyuser \*- destroy a \*(PP user
- .uh SYNOPSIS
- .lp
- .(l
- \fBdestroyuser\fR [\fB-p\fR port] [\fB-h\fR host] username
- .)l
- .uh DESCRIPTION
- .lp
- .b Destroyuser
- destroys an existing \*(PP user.
- Only users with ``usesuper'' set in the pg_user class can destroy
- \*(PP users. As shipped, the user ``postgres'' can destroy users.
- .sp
- .i Username
- is the name of the \*(PP user
- to be destroyed.
- .sp
- The argument
- .i port
- and
- .i hostname
- are the same as in the terminal monitor - they are used to connect to the
- postmaster using the TCP/IP port
- .i port
- running on the database server
- .i hostname.
- The defaults are to the local machine (localhost) and to the default port
- (4321).
- .uh "INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS"
- .lp
- Once invoked with the above options
- .b destroyuser
- will warn the person destroying the \*(PP user about the databases that will
- be destroyed in the process. If the databases should not be destroyed,
- .b destroyuser
- can be aborted.
- .uh "SEE ALSO"
- .lp
- createuser(unix).
- .uh DIAGNOSTICS
- .lp
- \fBYou are not a valid POSTGRES user\fR
- .lp
- You do not have a users file entry, and can
- not do anything with \*(PP at all.
- .sp
- .lp
- \fI<user>\fR \fBdoes not exist\fR
- .lp
- The user does not exist.
-