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==This article is part of the [[Advanced User Management=='s Guide]]. The user management defines which permissions are required by a user to perform a database command or XQuery expression.

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. ==Rules== In the permission hierarchy below, the existing permissions are illustrated.A higher permission includes all lower permissions.For example, all users who have the <pcode>Admin write</code> permission assignedwill also be able to execute commands requiring <code>read</code> permission. Local permissions are needed applied to execute one of databases. They have a higher precedenceand override global permissions. [[File:perms.png|none|thumb|403px|Permissions hierarchy]] User names must follow the [[Valid Names|valid names constraints]], and the database patterns must follow the following processes[[Commands#Glob_Syntax|Glob Syntax]]. ==Operations== For all operations, admin permissions are required: =Commands= '''Create user 'test' (password will be entered on command line).By default, the user will have no permissions ('none'): <code>&gt; CREATE USER test</code>  '''Change password of user 'test' to '71x343sd#': <code>&gt; ALTER PASSWORD test 71x343sd#</pcode>

===Creating user 'test' with password 'test'=== <code>&gt; CREATE USER test test</code> <p>As global permissions, you can set 'none', 'read', 'Grant local write', 'create' and 'admin':</p> ===Revoking all global permissions from to user 'test'=== <code>&gt; GRANT none TO test</code> <p>Valid local permissions are : 'none', 'read' and 'write':</p> ===Granting write permission on database 'factbook' to user 'test'=== <code>&gt; GRANT write ON factbook unit* TO test</code> <p>

As a consequence, the 'test' user will only be allowed toaccess (i.e., read and write) database starting with the letters 'factbookunit' database.If no local permissions are set, the global rights areinherited.</p>

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==XQuery=Dropping of = The available user functions are listed in the [[User Module]]: '''Create user 'test'=== with no permissions:''' <code>db:create('test', 'top-secret')</code> '''Show detailed information about user 'test':''' <code>&gt; DROP USER user:list-details()[@name = 'test']</code>

In the permission hierarchy the higher permission contains all underlying rights.For example if you have the permission <code>user:drop('writetest' you also have the permission 'read'.)</code>

In this table you can see an overview about Salted SHA256 hashes are used for authentication (the BaseX commands current timestamp will be used as salt). Additionally, digest hashes are used in the client/server architecture and thepermission you need to execute [[Clients|Language Bindings]], and in the command. Without [[Web Application|HTTP Context]] if the needed permissionan error [[Options#AUTHMETHOD|AUTHMETHOD]] is thrown and the command will not be executedset to {{Code|Digest}}.

{| border="1" cellpaddingChangelog="5" cellspacing="0"!Command!Description!Needed Permission|-|close|Closes currently opened database.|None|-|exit|Exits BaseX.|None|-|get|Returns a property value.|None|-|help|Shows the help texts.|None|-|password|Changes password of currently logged-in user.|None|-|set|Sets a property value.|None|-|xquery|Executes a xquery function without database access.|None|-|info|Shows information about the currently opened database.|Read|-|list|Shows all available databases.|Read|-|open|Opens a database.|Read|-|xquery|Executes a read-only xquery function with database access.|Read|-|add|Adds documents to the currently opened database.|Write|-|create index|Creates the specified index.|Write|-|delete|Deletes documents from the currently opened database.|Write|-|drop index|Drops the specified index.|Write|-|optimize|Optimizes the database structure and renews the indexes.|Write|-|xquery|Executes a xquery update function.|Write|-|alter db|Renames a database.|Create|-|create db|Creates a database.|Create|-|drop db|Drops a database.|Create|-|export|Exports the database content.|Create|-|alter user|Changes the password of an user.|Admin|-|create users|Creates a new user.|Admin|-|drop user|Drops an user.|Admin|-|grant|Assigns permissions to users.|Admin|-|kill|Kills an user session on the server.|Admin|-|show|Shows different server information.|Admin|}