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

SYNOPSIS
  dropuser [ option... ]  [ username ]

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

  dropuser is a wrapper around the SQL command DROP USER [drop_user(5)].
  There is no effective difference between dropping users via this utility
  and via other methods for accessing the server.

OPTIONS
  dropuser accepts the following command-line arguments:

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

  -e

  --echo
       Echo the commands that dropuser generates and sends to the server.

  -i

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

  -q

  --quiet
       Do not display a response.

  dropuser also accepts the following command-line arguments for connection
  parameters:

  -h host

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

  -p port

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

  -U username

  --username username
       User name to connect as (not the user name to drop)

  -W

  --password
       Force password prompt (to connect to the server, not for the password
       of the user to be dropped).

ENVIRONMENT
  PGHOST

  PGPORT

  PGUSER
       Default connection parameters

DIAGNOSTICS
  In case of difficulty, see DROP USER [drop_user(5)] and psql(1) for
  discussions of potential problems and error messages.	 The database server
  must be running at the targeted host. Also, any default connection settings
  and environment variables used by the libpq front-end library will apply.

EXAMPLES
  To remove user joe from the default database server:

  $ dropuser joe
  DROP USER

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

  $ 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

SEE ALSO
  createuser(1), DROP USER [drop_user(5)]

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