# Users/Grants

## What are Users and Grants?

Users and grants are SQL's permissions system. A database administrator creates users and grants them permissions to do certain actions, like read or write to tables.

## How to use Users and Grants

As an administrator user, you create users and roles using `CREATE USER` and `CREATE ROLE` statements. You grant permissions to users using `GRANT` statements. You can grant privileges to specific users but this is generally not advised. It is better to grant privileges to roles and then assign users roles using `GRANT` statements.

## Difference between Postgres Users & Grants and Doltgres Users & Grants

The goal is for Doltgres users and grants to match Doltgres users and grants exactly. This functionality is not yet implemented, and Doltgres has a single user and password. [Submit an issue](https://github.com/dolthub/doltgresql/issues) if you need more functionality.