diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
index a2efe9d7897b42132da98ce7c7ac88bfe1b5a3fe..3656349f5e3604ffa7c448f5b78c69c333eb208e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml,v 1.41 2005/05/29 03:32:18 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml,v 1.42 2005/08/14 20:16:02 tgl Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -32,24 +32,24 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
   <title>Description</title>
   <para>
    <application>createuser</application> creates a 
-   new <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> user.  
-   Only superusers (users with <literal>usesuper</literal> set in
-   the <literal>pg_shadow</literal> table) can create 
-   new <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> users,
-   so <application>createuser</application> must be
-   invoked by someone who can connect as a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
-   superuser.
+   new <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> user (or more precisely, a role).
+   Only superusers and users with <literal>CREATEROLE</> privilege can create
+   new users, so <application>createuser</application> must be
+   invoked by someone who can connect as a superuser or a user with
+   <literal>CREATEROLE</> privilege.
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   Being a superuser also implies the ability to bypass access permission
+   If you wish to create a new superuser, you must connect as a
+   superuser, not merely with <literal>CREATEROLE</> privilege.
+   Being a superuser implies the ability to bypass all access permission
    checks within the database, so superuserdom should not be granted lightly.
   </para>
 
   <para>
    <application>createuser</application> is a wrapper around the
-   <acronym>SQL</acronym> command <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEUSER"
-   endterm="SQL-CREATEUSER-title">.
+   <acronym>SQL</acronym> command <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEROLE"
+   endterm="SQL-CREATEROLE-title">.
    There is no effective difference between creating users via
    this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
   </para>
@@ -70,32 +70,28 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        <para>
         Specifies the name of the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> user
         to be created.
-        This name must be unique among all users of this
+        This name must be different from all existing roles in this
         <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> installation.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>  
 
      <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-a</></term>
-      <term><option>--adduser</></term>
+      <term><option>-s</></term>
+      <term><option>--superuser</></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-	The new user is allowed to create other users.
-	(Note: Actually, this makes the new user a <emphasis>superuser</>.
-	The option is poorly named.)
+        The new user will be a superuser.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-A</></term>
-      <term><option>--no-adduser</></term>
+      <term><option>-S</></term>
+      <term><option>--no-superuser</></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-	The new user is not allowed to create other users (i.e.,
-	the new user is a regular user, not a superuser).
-	This is the default.
+        The new user will not be a superuser.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -105,7 +101,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--createdb</></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-	The new user is allowed to create databases.
+        The new user will be allowed to create databases.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -115,52 +111,86 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--no-createdb</></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-	The new user is not allowed to create databases.
-	This is the default.
+        The new user will not be allowed to create databases.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-e</></term>
-      <term><option>--echo</></term>
+      <term><option>-r</></term>
+      <term><option>--createrole</></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Echo the commands that <application>createuser</application> generates
-	and sends to the server.
+        The new user will be allowed to create new roles (that is,
+        this user will have <literal>CREATEROLE</> privilege).
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-E</></term>
-      <term><option>--encrypted</></term>
+      <term><option>-R</></term>
+      <term><option>--no-createrole</></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-	Encrypts the user's password stored in the database. If not
-	specified, the default password behavior is used.
+        The new user will not be allowed to create new roles.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-i <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></></term>
-      <term><option>--sysid <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></></term>
+      <term><option>-l</></term>
+      <term><option>--login</></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-       Allows you to pick a non-default user ID for the new user. This is not
-       necessary, but some people like it.
+        The new user will be allowed to log in (that is, the user name
+        can be used as the initial session user identifier).
+        This is the default.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-N</></term>
-      <term><option>--unencrypted</></term>
+      <term><option>-L</></term>
+      <term><option>--no-login</></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-	Does not encrypt the user's password stored in the database. If
-	not specified, the default password behavior is used.
+        The new user will not be allowed to log in.
+        (A role without login privilege is still useful as a means of
+        managing database permissions.)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>-i</></term>
+      <term><option>--inherit</></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        The new role will automatically inherit privileges of roles
+        it is a member of.
+        This is the default.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>-I</></term>
+      <term><option>--no-inherit</></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        The new role will not automatically inherit privileges of roles
+        it is a member of.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></></term>
+      <term><option>--conn-limit <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Set a maximum number of connections for the new user.
+        The default is to set no limit.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -177,6 +207,39 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>-E</></term>
+      <term><option>--encrypted</></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Encrypts the user's password stored in the database. If not
+        specified, the default password behavior is used.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>-N</></term>
+      <term><option>--unencrypted</></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Does not encrypt the user's password stored in the database. If
+        not specified, the default password behavior is used.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>-e</></term>
+      <term><option>--echo</></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Echo the commands that <application>createuser</application> generates
+        and sends to the server.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-q</></term>
       <term><option>--quiet</></term>
@@ -204,10 +267,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--host <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-	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.
+        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.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -217,9 +280,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--port <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-	Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file 
-	extension on which the server
-	is listening for connections.
+        Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file 
+        extension on which the server
+        is listening for connections.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -272,8 +335,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
   <title>Diagnostics</title>
 
   <para>
-   In case of difficulty, see <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEUSER"
-   endterm="sql-createuser-title"> and <xref linkend="APP-PSQL"> for
+   In case of difficulty, see <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEROLE"
+   endterm="sql-createrole-title"> and <xref linkend="APP-PSQL"> 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
@@ -292,8 +355,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
     server:
 <screen>
 <prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createuser joe</userinput>
-<computeroutput>Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) </computeroutput><userinput>n</userinput>
-<computeroutput>Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) </computeroutput><userinput>n</userinput>
+<computeroutput>Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) </computeroutput><userinput>n</userinput>
+<computeroutput>Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) </computeroutput><userinput>n</userinput>
+<computeroutput>Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) </computeroutput><userinput>n</userinput>
 <computeroutput>CREATE USER</computeroutput>
 </screen>
    </para>
@@ -303,9 +367,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
     server on host <literal>eden</>, port 5000, avoiding the prompts and
     taking a look at the underlying command:
 <screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createuser -h eden -p 5000 -D -A -e joe</userinput>
-<computeroutput>CREATE USER joe NOCREATEDB NOCREATEUSER;</computeroutput>
-<computeroutput>CREATE USER</computeroutput>
+<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createuser -h eden -p 5000 -S -D -R -e joe</userinput>
+<computeroutput>CREATE ROLE joe NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN;</computeroutput>
+<computeroutput>CREATE ROLE</computeroutput>
 </screen>
    </para>
 
@@ -313,11 +377,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
     To create the user <literal>joe</literal> as a superuser,
     and assign a password immediately:
 <screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createuser -P -d -a -e joe</userinput>
-<computeroutput>Enter password for new user: </computeroutput><userinput>xyzzy</userinput>
+<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createuser -P -s -e joe</userinput>
+<computeroutput>Enter password for new role: </computeroutput><userinput>xyzzy</userinput>
 <computeroutput>Enter it again: </computeroutput><userinput>xyzzy</userinput>
-<computeroutput>CREATE USER joe PASSWORD 'xyzzy' CREATEDB CREATEUSER;</computeroutput>
-<computeroutput>CREATE USER</computeroutput>
+<computeroutput>CREATE ROLE joe PASSWORD 'xyzzy' SUPERUSER CREATEDB CREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN;</computeroutput>
+<computeroutput>CREATE ROLE</computeroutput>
 </screen>
     In the above example, the new password isn't actually echoed when typed,
     but we show what was typed for clarity.  However the password
@@ -333,7 +397,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
   <simplelist type="inline">
    <member><xref linkend="app-dropuser"></member>
-   <member><xref linkend="sql-createuser" endterm="sql-createuser-title"></member>
+   <member><xref linkend="sql-createrole" endterm="sql-createrole-title"></member>
    <member>Environment Variables (<xref linkend="libpq-envars">)</member>
   </simplelist>
  </refsect1>
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/createuser.c b/src/bin/scripts/createuser.c
index db85837952d9864eb6934f6ff84e8670d7acbaeb..eba4d1be52238078b1e920428e6d2ffbf3d9bfda 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/createuser.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/createuser.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/scripts/createuser.c,v 1.17 2005/06/21 04:02:33 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/scripts/createuser.c,v 1.18 2005/08/14 20:16:03 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -30,9 +30,18 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{"quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'q'},
 		{"createdb", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
 		{"no-createdb", no_argument, NULL, 'D'},
+		{"superuser", no_argument, NULL, 's'},
+		{"no-superuser", no_argument, NULL, 'S'},
+		{"createrole", no_argument, NULL, 'r'},
+		{"no-createrole", no_argument, NULL, 'R'},
+		{"inherit", no_argument, NULL, 'i'},
+		{"no-inherit", no_argument, NULL, 'I'},
+		{"login", no_argument, NULL, 'l'},
+		{"no-login", no_argument, NULL, 'L'},
+		/* adduser is obsolete, undocumented spelling of superuser */
 		{"adduser", no_argument, NULL, 'a'},
 		{"no-adduser", no_argument, NULL, 'A'},
-		{"sysid", required_argument, NULL, 'i'},
+		{"conn-limit", required_argument, NULL, 'c'},
 		{"pwprompt", no_argument, NULL, 'P'},
 		{"encrypted", no_argument, NULL, 'E'},
 		{"unencrypted", no_argument, NULL, 'N'},
@@ -51,8 +60,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	bool		echo = false;
 	bool		quiet = false;
 	int			createdb = 0;
-	int			adduser = 0;
-	char	   *sysid = NULL;
+	int			superuser = 0;
+	int			createrole = 0;
+	int			inherit = 0;
+	int			login = 0;
+	char	   *conn_limit = NULL;
 	bool		pwprompt = false;
 	int			encrypted = 0;	/* 0 uses server default */
 	char	   *newpassword = NULL;
@@ -67,7 +79,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	handle_help_version_opts(argc, argv, "createuser", help);
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "h:p:U:WeqaAdDi:PEN", long_options, &optindex)) != -1)
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "h:p:U:WeqdDsSaArRiIlLc:PEN",
+							long_options, &optindex)) != -1)
 	{
 		switch (c)
 		{
@@ -89,20 +102,40 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			case 'q':
 				quiet = true;
 				break;
-			case 'a':
-				adduser = +1;
-				break;
-			case 'A':
-				adduser = -1;
-				break;
 			case 'd':
 				createdb = +1;
 				break;
 			case 'D':
 				createdb = -1;
 				break;
+			case 's':
+			case 'a':
+				superuser = +1;
+				break;
+			case 'S':
+			case 'A':
+				superuser = -1;
+				break;
+			case 'r':
+				createrole = +1;
+				break;
+			case 'R':
+				createrole = -1;
+				break;
 			case 'i':
-				sysid = optarg;
+				inherit = +1;
+				break;
+			case 'I':
+				inherit = -1;
+				break;
+			case 'l':
+				login = +1;
+				break;
+			case 'L':
+				login = -1;
+				break;
+			case 'c':
+				conn_limit = optarg;
 				break;
 			case 'P':
 				pwprompt = true;
@@ -133,26 +166,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			exit(1);
 	}
 
-	if (sysid)
-	{
-		char	   *endptr;
-
-		if (strtol(sysid, &endptr, 10) <= 0 || *endptr != '\0')
-		{
-			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: user ID must be a positive number\n"), progname);
-			exit(1);
-		}
-	}
-
 	if (newuser == NULL)
-		newuser = simple_prompt("Enter name of user to add: ", 128, true);
+		newuser = simple_prompt("Enter name of role to add: ", 128, true);
 
 	if (pwprompt)
 	{
 		char	   *pw1,
 				   *pw2;
 
-		pw1 = simple_prompt("Enter password for new user: ", 100, false);
+		pw1 = simple_prompt("Enter password for new role: ", 100, false);
 		pw2 = simple_prompt("Enter it again: ", 100, false);
 		if (strcmp(pw1, pw2) != 0)
 		{
@@ -163,33 +185,61 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		free(pw2);
 	}
 
+	if (superuser == 0)
+	{
+		char	   *reply;
+
+		reply = simple_prompt("Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) ", 1, true);
+		if (check_yesno_response(reply) == 1)
+			superuser = +1;
+		else
+			superuser = -1;
+	}
+
+	if (superuser == +1)
+	{
+		/* Not much point in trying to restrict a superuser */
+		createdb = +1;
+		createrole = +1;
+	}
+
 	if (createdb == 0)
 	{
 		char	   *reply;
 
-		reply = simple_prompt("Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) ", 1, true);
+		reply = simple_prompt("Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) ", 1, true);
 		if (check_yesno_response(reply) == 1)
 			createdb = +1;
 		else
 			createdb = -1;
 	}
 
-	if (adduser == 0)
+	if (createrole == 0)
 	{
 		char	   *reply;
 
-		reply = simple_prompt("Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) ", 1, true);
+		reply = simple_prompt("Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) ", 1, true);
 		if (check_yesno_response(reply) == 1)
-			adduser = +1;
+			createrole = +1;
 		else
-			adduser = -1;
+			createrole = -1;
+	}
+
+	if (inherit == 0)
+	{
+		/* silently default to YES */
+		inherit = +1;
+	}
+
+	if (login == 0)
+	{
+		/* silently default to YES */
+		login = +1;
 	}
 
 	initPQExpBuffer(&sql);
 
-	printfPQExpBuffer(&sql, "CREATE USER %s", fmtId(newuser));
-	if (sysid)
-		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " SYSID %s", sysid);
+	printfPQExpBuffer(&sql, "CREATE ROLE %s", fmtId(newuser));
 	if (newpassword)
 	{
 		if (encrypted == +1)
@@ -199,14 +249,28 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " PASSWORD ");
 		appendStringLiteral(&sql, newpassword, false);
 	}
+	if (superuser == +1)
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " SUPERUSER");
+	if (superuser == -1)
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " NOSUPERUSER");
 	if (createdb == +1)
 		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " CREATEDB");
 	if (createdb == -1)
 		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " NOCREATEDB");
-	if (adduser == +1)
-		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " CREATEUSER");
-	if (adduser == -1)
-		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " NOCREATEUSER");
+	if (createrole == +1)
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " CREATEROLE");
+	if (createrole == -1)
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " NOCREATEROLE");
+	if (inherit == +1)
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " INHERIT");
+	if (inherit == -1)
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " NOINHERIT");
+	if (login == +1)
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " LOGIN");
+	if (login == -1)
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " NOLOGIN");
+	if (conn_limit != NULL)
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " CONNECTION LIMIT %s", conn_limit);
 	appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, ";\n");
 
 	conn = connectDatabase("postgres", host, port, username, password, progname);
@@ -217,7 +281,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (PQresultStatus(result) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: creation of new user failed: %s"),
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: creation of new role failed: %s"),
 				progname, PQerrorMessage(conn));
 		PQfinish(conn);
 		exit(1);
@@ -226,7 +290,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	PQfinish(conn);
 	if (!quiet)
 	{
-		puts("CREATE USER");
+		puts("CREATE ROLE");
 		fflush(stdout);
 	}
 	exit(0);
@@ -236,18 +300,25 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 static void
 help(const char *progname)
 {
-	printf(_("%s creates a new PostgreSQL user.\n\n"), progname);
+	printf(_("%s creates a new PostgreSQL role.\n\n"), progname);
 	printf(_("Usage:\n"));
 	printf(_("  %s [OPTION]... [USERNAME]\n"), progname);
 	printf(_("\nOptions:\n"));
-	printf(_("  -a, --adduser             user can add new users\n"));
-	printf(_("  -A, --no-adduser          user cannot add new users\n"));
-	printf(_("  -d, --createdb            user can create new databases\n"));
-	printf(_("  -D, --no-createdb         user cannot create databases\n"));
-	printf(_("  -P, --pwprompt            assign a password to new user\n"));
+	printf(_("  -s, --superuser           role will be superuser\n"));
+	printf(_("  -S, --no-superuser        role will not be superuser\n"));
+	printf(_("  -d, --createdb            role can create new databases\n"));
+	printf(_("  -D, --no-createdb         role cannot create databases\n"));
+	printf(_("  -r, --createrole          role can create new roles\n"));
+	printf(_("  -R, --no-createrole       role cannot create roles\n"));
+	printf(_("  -l, --login               role can login (default)\n"));
+	printf(_("  -L, --no-login            role cannot login\n"));
+	printf(_("  -i, --inherit             role inherits permissions of roles\n"));
+	printf(_("                            it is a member of (default)\n"));
+	printf(_("  -I, --no-inherit          role does not inherit permissions\n"));
+	printf(_("  -c, --conn-limit=N        max connections for role (default: no limit)\n"));
+	printf(_("  -P, --pwprompt            assign a password to new role\n"));
 	printf(_("  -E, --encrypted           encrypt stored password\n"));
 	printf(_("  -N, --unencrypted         do not encrypt stored password\n"));
-	printf(_("  -i, --sysid=SYSID         select sysid for new user\n"));
 	printf(_("  -e, --echo                show the commands being sent to the server\n"));
 	printf(_("  -q, --quiet               don't write any messages\n"));
 	printf(_("  --help                    show this help, then exit\n"));
@@ -257,7 +328,7 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  -p, --port=PORT           database server port\n"));
 	printf(_("  -U, --username=USERNAME   user name to connect as (not the one to create)\n"));
 	printf(_("  -W, --password            prompt for password to connect\n"));
-	printf(_("\nIf one of -a, -A, -d, -D, and USERNAME is not specified, you will\n"
-			 "be prompted interactively.\n"));
+	printf(_("\nIf one of -s, -S, -d, -D, -r, -R and USERNAME is not specified,\n"
+			 "you will be prompted interactively.\n"));
 	printf(_("\nReport bugs to <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>.\n"));
 }