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# Using the CLI to Manage User Roles

Every DeltaStream organization member belongs to one or more roles. As each role may allow a unique and specific subset of capabilities, in most cases people are assigned multiple roles. Review the basic commands below for details on how to manage someone's roles.

## Listing Roles

Individuals can view their current set of roles via the [`LIST ROLES` ](/reference/sql-syntax/command/list-roles.md)command. In the example below, you can see that while the current role is `sysadmin`, it also has access to other roles including `public`, `orgadmin`, `securityadmin`, and `useradmin`.

```
<no-db>/<no-store># LIST ROLES;
      Name      | Current |      Created at
----------------+---------+-----------------------
  public        |         | 2023-08-09T22:49:46Z
  orgadmin      |         | 2023-08-09T22:49:46Z
  securityadmin |         | 2023-08-09T22:49:46Z
  useradmin     |         | 2023-08-09T22:49:46Z
  sysadmin      | ✓       | 2023-08-09T22:49:46Z
```

## Switching Roles

To switch to a different role, you can can use the [`USE` command](/reference/sql-syntax/command/use.md). The example below shows how to switch from the `sysadmin` role to the `useradmin` role.

```
<no-db>/<no-store># USE ROLE useradmin;
```

Now, if you `LIST ROLES` again, you can see that the current role has changed to `useradmin`.

```
<no-db>/<no-store># LIST ROLES;
      Name      | Current |      Created at
----------------+---------+-----------------------
  public        |         | 2023-08-09T22:49:46Z
  orgadmin      |         | 2023-08-09T22:49:46Z
  securityadmin |         | 2023-08-09T22:49:46Z
  useradmin     | ✓       | 2023-08-09T22:49:46Z
  sysadmin      |         | 2023-08-09T22:49:46Z
```

## Describing a Role

You can also use the [CREATE ROLE](/reference/sql-syntax/ddl/create-role.md) command to learn more information about a specific role.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note** Your current role must have access to whichever role you wish to describe.
{% endhint %}

The example below shows that the `useradmin` role is also granted the `public` role, and below that you can view the privileges of the role. Since the `useradmin` role is for managing other users, the `ManageMembers` privilege is granted to this role. Other roles may have other privileges.

```
<no-db>/<no-store># DESCRIBE ROLE useradmin;
    Name    |      Created at
------------+-----------------------
  useradmin | 2023-08-09T22:49:46Z

Granted Roles
   Name
----------
  public

Granted Privileges
      Type      |    Target    | ID/Name | Grant option
----------------+--------------+---------+---------------
  ManageMembers | Organization |         | ✓
```