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DROPUSER(1)
NAME
  dropuser - remove a PostgreSQL user account

SYNOPSIS
  dropuser [ options... ] [ username ]

  INPUTS

  -h, --host host
       Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running.
       If host begins with a slash, it is used as the directory for the Unix
       domain socket.

  -p, --port port
       Specifies the Internet TCP/IP port or local Unix domain socket file
       extension on which the server is listening for connections.

  -e, --echo
       Echo the queries that createdb generates and sends to the server.

  -q, --quiet
       Do not display a response.

  -i, --interactive
       Prompt for confirmation before actually removing the user.

  username
       Specifies the name of the PostgreSQL user to be removed. This name
       must exist in the PostgreSQL installation.  You will be prompted for a
       name if none is specified on the command line.

  The options -h, -p, and -e, are passed on literally to psql(1). The psql
  options -U and -W are available as well, but they can be confusing in this
  context.

  OUTPUTS

  DROP USER
       All is well.

  dropuser: deletion of user "username" failed
       Something went wrong. The user was not removed.

  If there is an error condition, the backend error message will be
  displayed.  See DROP USER [drop_user(5)] and psql(1) for possibilities.

DESCRIPTION
  dropuser removes an existing PostgreSQL user and the databases which that
  user owned.  Only users with usesuper set in the pg_shadow table can
  destroy PostgreSQL users.

  dropuser is a shell script wrapper around the SQL command DROP USER
  [drop_user(5)] via the PostgreSQL interactive terminal psql(1). Thus, there
  is nothing special about removing users via this or other methods. This
  means that the psql must be found by the script and that a database server
  is running at the targeted host. Also, any default settings and environment
  variables available to psql and the libpq front-end library do apply.

USAGE
  To remove user joe from the default database server:

  $ dropuser joe
  DROP USER

  To remove user joe using the postmaster on host eden, port 5000, with
  verification and a peek at the underlying query:

  $ dropuser -p 5000 -h eden -i -e joe
  User "joe" and any owned databases will be permanently deleted.
  Are you sure? (y/n) y
  DROP USER "joe"
  DROP USER

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