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| '''Summary'''
 
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|Returns an <code>info</code> element, which contains user-defined information. By default, this element has no contents. It can be modified via [[#user:update-info|user:update-info]].
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|Updates the <code>info</code> element with {{Code|$info}}. This node can be used to organize groups and other enhanced user info.
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let $user := 'john', $pw := '8hKJ@%.c/!0O', $group := 'editor'
 
let $user := 'john', $pw := '8hKJ@%.c/!0O', $group := 'editor'
 
return (
 
return (
   db:create($user, $pw),
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   user:create($user, $pw),
 
   user:update-info(user:info() update
 
   user:update-info(user:info() update
 
     insert node <user name='{ $user }' group='{ $group }'/> into .
 
     insert node <user name='{ $user }' group='{ $group }'/> into .

Revision as of 14:04, 16 January 2017

This XQuery Module contains functions for creating and administering database users. The User Management article gives more information on database users and permissions.

Conventions

All functions in this module and errors are assigned to the http://basex.org/modules/user namespace, which is statically bound to the user prefix.

Read Operations

user:current

Signatures user:current() as xs:string
Summary Returns the name of the currently logged in user.
Examples
  • If the GUI or the standalone mode is used, user:current() always returns admin.

user:list

Signatures user:list() as xs:string*
Summary Returns the names of all registered users that are visible to the current user.
Examples
  • After a fresh installation, user:list() will only return admin.

user:list-details

Signatures user:list-details() as element(user)*
user:list-details($name as xs:string) as element(user)*
Summary Returns an element sequence, containing all registered users that are visible to the current user.
In addition to the SHOW USERS command, encoded password strings and database permissions will be output. A user $name can be specified to filter the results in advance.
Examples
  • After a fresh installation, user:list-details() returns output similar to the following one:
<user name="admin" permission="admin">
  <password algorithm="digest">
    <hash>304bdfb0383c16f070a897fc1eb25cb4</hash>
  </password>
  <password algorithm="salted-sha256">
    <salt>871602799292195</salt>
    <hash>a065ca66fa3d6da5762c227587f1c8258c6dc08ee867e44a605a72da115dcb41</hash>
  </password>
</user>
Errors unknown: The specified user name is unknown.

user:exists

Signatures user:exists($name as xs:string) as xs:boolean
Summary Checks if a user with the specified $name exists.
Examples
  • user:exists('admin') will always yield true.
Errors name: The specified user name is invalid.

user:check

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Signatures user:check($name as xs:string, $password as xs:string) as xs:empty-sequence()
Summary Checks if the specified user and password is correct. Raises errors otherwise.
Examples
  • user:check('admin', 'admin') will raise an error if the admin password was changed.
Errors name: The specified user name is invalid.
unknown: The specified user does not exist.
password: The specified password is wrong.

user:info

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Signatures user:info() as element(info)
Summary Returns an info element, which can be used to organize application-specific data. By default, the element has no contents. It can be modified via user:update-info.
Examples
  • After a fresh installation, user:info() returns <info/>.

Updates

Important note: All functions in this section are updating functions: they will not be immediately executed, but queued on the Pending Update List, which will be processed after the actual query has been evaluated. This means that the order in which the functions are specified in the query does usually not reflect the order in which the code will be evaluated.

user:create

Signatures user:create($name as xs:string, $password as xs:string) as empty-sequence()
user:create($name as xs:string, $password as xs:string, $permissions as xs:string*) as empty-sequence()
user:create($name as xs:string, $password as xs:string, $permissions as xs:string*, $patterns as xs:string*) as empty-sequence()
Summary Creates a new user with the specified $name, $password, and $permissions. Local permissions are granted with non-empty glob $patterns. The default global permission (none) can be overwritten with an empty pattern or by omitting the last argument. Existing users will be overwritten.
Examples
  • user:create('John', '7e$j#!1', 'admin') creates a new user 'John' with admin permissions.
  • user:create('Jack', 'top!secret', 'read', 'index*') creates a new user 'Jack' with no permissions, but write permissions for databases starting with the letters 'index'.
Errors name: The specified user name is invalid.
permission: The specified permission is invalid.
admin: The "admin" user cannot be modified.
logged-in: The specified user is currently logged in.
update: The operation can only be performed once per user or database pattern.

user:grant

Signatures user:grant($name as xs:string, $permissions as xs:string*) as empty-sequence()
user:grant($name as xs:string, $permissions as xs:string*, $patterns as xs:string*) as empty-sequence()
Summary Grants global or local $permissions to a user with the specified $name. Local permissions are granted with non-empty glob $patterns.
Examples
  • user:grant('John', 'create') grants create permissions to the user 'John'.
  • user:grant('John', ('read','write'), ('index*','unit*')) allows John to read all databases starting with the letters 'index', and to write to all databases starting with 'unit'.
Errors unknown: The specified user name is unknown.
name: The specified user name is invalid.
pattern: The specified database pattern is invalid.
permission: The specified permission is invalid.
admin: The "admin" user cannot be modified.
local: A local permission can only be 'none', 'read' or 'write'.
logged-in: The specified user is currently logged in.
update: The operation can only be performed once per user or database pattern.

user:drop

Signatures user:drop($name as xs:string) as empty-sequence()
user:drop($name as xs:string, $patterns as xs:string*) as empty-sequence()
Summary Drops a user with the specified $name. If non-empty glob $patterns are specified, only the database patterns will be dropped.
Examples
  • user:drop('John') drops the user 'John'.
  • user:grant('John', 'unit*') removes the 'unit*' database pattern. If John accesses any of these database, his global permission will be checked again.
Errors unknown: The specified user name is unknown.
name: The specified user name is invalid.
pattern: The specified database pattern is invalid.
admin: The "admin" user cannot be modified.
logged-in: The specified user is currently logged in.
update: The operation can only be performed once per user or database pattern.
conflict: A user cannot be both altered and dropped.

user:alter

Signatures user:alter($name as xs:string, $newname as xs:string) as empty-sequence()
Summary Renames a user with the specified $name to $newname.
Examples
  • user:rename('John', 'Jack') renames the user 'John' to 'Jack'.
Errors unknown: The specified user name is unknown.
name: The specified user name is invalid.
admin: The "admin" user cannot be modified.
logged-in: The specified user is currently logged in.
update: The operation can only be performed once per user or database pattern.
conflict: A user cannot be both altered and dropped.

user:password

Signatures user:password($name as xs:string, $password as xs:string) as empty-sequence()
Summary Changes the password of a user with the specified $name.
Examples
  • user:password('John', ) assigns user 'John' an empty password string.
Errors unknown: The specified user name is unknown.
name: The specified user name is invalid.
update: The operation can only be performed once per user or database pattern.

user:update-info

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Signatures user:update-info($info as element(info)) as empty-sequence()
Summary Updates the info element with $info. This node can be used to organize application-specific data (groups, enhanced user info, etc.).
Examples
  • Store initial groups information:
user:update-info(element info {
  for $group in ('editor', 'author', 'writer')
  return element group { $group }
})
  • Assign a group to a new user:
let $user := 'john', $pw := '8hKJ@%.c/!0O', $group := 'editor'
return (
  user:create($user, $pw),
  user:update-info(user:info() update
    insert node <user name='{ $user }' group='{ $group }'/> into .
  )
)

Errors

Code Description
name The specified user name is invalid.
pattern The specified database name is invalid.
permission The specified permission is invalid.
unknown The specified user does not exist.
password The specified password is wrong.
admin The "admin" user cannot be modified.
equal Name of old and new user is equal.
local A local permission can only be 'none', 'read' or 'write'.
logged-in The specified user is currently logged in.
update The operation can only be performed once per user or database pattern.
conflict A user cannot be both altered and dropped.

Changelog

Version 8.6
Version 8.4
Version 8.1

The Module was introduced with Version 8.0.