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→ALTER USER
==ALTER USER==
Updated with {{Version|8.0}}: this command will now change the user name.
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|width='130'|'''Syntax'''
|{{Code|ALTER USER [name] ([passwordnewname])}}
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| '''XML Syntax'''
|<code><alter-user name='...'>([password])<newname='...'/alter-user></code><br/>
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| '''Permission'''
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| '''Summary'''
|Alters Renames the user with the specified {{Code|[password]name}} of the user specified by to {{Code|[name]newname}}. The password must be a valid MD5 hash value. If no password is specified in the console mode, it is requested via standard input.
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| '''Errors'''
|The command fails if the specified user does not exist, or if the new user already exists.|} ==ALTER PASSWORD== Updated with {{Version|8.0}}: renamed (before: ALTER USER). Password is now specified in clear text. {| width='100%'|-|width='130'|'''Syntax'''|{{Code|ALTER PASSWORD [name] ([password])}}|-| '''XML Syntax''' |<code><alter-password name='...'>([password])</alter-password></code><br/>|-| '''Permission'''|''ADMIN''|-| '''Summary'''|Alters the {{Code|[password]}} of the user with the specified {{Code|[name]}}. The password is specified in plain text. If no valid MD5 hash valuepassword is specified, it is requested via the chosen frontend (GUI or bash).|-| '''Errors'''|The command fails if the specified user does not exist.
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