Source: https://dev-docs.nebula-graph.io/v5.3.2/database-gql-reference/data-admin/show/show-roles/
Documentation version: v5.3.2

# SHOW ROLES command

The SHOW ROLES command returns information about the roles that are granted to the current user or a specific user.

The following table describes the returned columns:

 | Column | Description
 | `name` | The name of the role.
 | `owner` | The owner of the role.
 | `comment` | The description of the role.

## Prerequisites

- Any user can query the roles granted to themselves.
- To query the roles granted to another user, the current user must have `ADMIN`.

## Syntax

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 show_roles_command  

````
show_roles_command ::=
    'SHOW' 'ROLES' ('FOR' 'USER' user_name)?

````

## Parameters

### `FOR`

Specifies whether to query the roles granted to a specific user.

If the FOR clause is not specified, the command queries the roles granted to the current user by default.

### `user_name`

The name of the user whose roles you want to query. To list users who have joined the current service group, use [SHOW USERS](https://dev-docs.nebula-graph.io/v5.3.2/database-gql-reference/data-admin/show/show-users/).

## Examples

### Query the roles granted to the current user

````
SHOW ROLES

````

Return:

````
+-------+-------+--------------+
| name  | owner | comment      |
+-------+-------+--------------+
| ADMIN | root  | Builtin role |
+-------+-------+--------------+

````

### Query the roles granted to a specific user

````
SHOW ROLES FOR USER user1

````

 Return:

````
+-------+-------+-----------------------------------+
| name  | owner | comment                           |
+-------+-------+-----------------------------------+
| role1 | root  | This is new description for role1 |
+-------+-------+-----------------------------------+

````