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The permission file is located in the '''database directory'''; it is called {{Code|users.xml}}. This file can be manually edited; it will be parsed when BaseX is started.
Both local and global permissions are stored in the same file. '''Glob patterns''' are used for local database permissions. '''Salted sha256''' hashes are used for authentication (the current timestamp will be used as salt). Additionally, '''digest''' hashes are used in the client/server architecture and the [[Clients|Language Bindings]], and in the [[Web Application|HTTP Context]] if the [[Options#AUTHMETHOD|AUTHMETHOD]] is set to {{Code|Digest}}.
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Permissions are mostly relevant in the client/server architecture, as the [[Standalone Mode]] and the [[GUI]] is run with admin permissions.
There are a few exceptions such as the [[XQuery Module#xquery:eval|xquery:eval]] function: Its execution scope can also be limited by specifying a permission.
Please take care of usual security measures: ensure that your password will not end up in your bash history, avoid sending passwords via ordinary REST requests, etc.
<code>user:drop('test')</code>
=Storage=
The permission file is located in the '''database directory'''; it is called {{Code|users.xml}}. This file can be manually edited; it will be parsed when BaseX is started.
Both local and global permissions are stored in the same file. '''Glob patterns''' are used for local database permissions. '''Salted sha256''' hashes are used for authentication (the current timestamp will be used as salt). Additionally, '''digest''' hashes are used in the client/server architecture and the [[Clients|Language Bindings]], and in the [[Web Application|HTTP Context]] if the [[Options#AUTHMETHOD|AUTHMETHOD]] is set to {{Code|Digest}}.
=Changelog=
Revised in Version 8.0.
