List users in Redshift

Query below returns list of users in current database.

Query

select usesysid as user_id,
       usename as username,
       usecreatedb as db_create,
       usesuper as is_superuser,
       valuntil as password_expiration
from pg_user
order by user_id

Columns

  • user_id - id of the user
  • username - user name
  • db_create - flag indicating if user can create new databases
  • is_superuser - flag if user have superuser privileges
  • password_expiration - date of user password expiration

Rows

  • One row represents one user in the database
  • Scope of rows: all users in the database
  • Ordered by user id

Sample results

Those results show that there are 4 users in current database.

sample results