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makes a few more small improvements to runtime.sgml, and makes some SGML conventions more consistent. Neil Conway
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<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml,v 1.11 2003/09/11 21:42:20 momjian Exp $ -->
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<refentry id="SQL-SET-SESSION-AUTHORIZATION">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle id="sql-set-session-authorization-title">SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</refentrytitle>
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<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</refname>
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<refpurpose>set the session user identifier and the current user identifier of the current session</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<indexterm zone="sql-set-session-authorization">
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<primary>SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<synopsis>
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SET [ SESSION | LOCAL ] SESSION AUTHORIZATION <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable>
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SET [ SESSION | LOCAL ] SESSION AUTHORIZATION DEFAULT
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RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION
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</synopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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This command sets the session user identifier and the current user
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identifier of the current SQL-session context to be <replaceable
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class="parameter">username</replaceable>. The user name may be
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written as either an identifier or a string literal. Using this
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command, it is possible, for example, to temporarily become an
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unprivileged user and later switch back to become a superuser.
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</para>
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<para>
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The session user identifier is initially set to be the (possibly
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authenticated) user name provided by the client. The current user
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identifier is normally equal to the session user identifier, but
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may change temporarily in the context of <quote>setuid</quote>
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functions and similar mechanisms. The current user identifier is
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relevant for permission checking.
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</para>
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<para>
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The session user identifier may be changed only if the initial session
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user (the <firstterm>authenticated user</firstterm>) had the
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superuser privilege. Otherwise, the command is accepted only if it
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specifies the authenticated user name.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <literal>SESSION</> and <literal>LOCAL</> modifiers act the same
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as for the regular <xref linkend="SQL-SET" endterm="SQL-SET-title">
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command.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <literal>DEFAULT</> and <literal>RESET</> forms reset the session
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and current user identifiers to be the originally authenticated user
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name. These forms may be executed by any user.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<programlisting>
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SELECT SESSION_USER, CURRENT_USER;
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session_user | current_user
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--------------+--------------
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peter | peter
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SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'paul';
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SELECT SESSION_USER, CURRENT_USER;
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session_user | current_user
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--------------+--------------
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paul | paul
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</programlisting>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Compatibility</title>
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<para>
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The SQL standard allows some other expressions to appear in place
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of the literal <replaceable>username</replaceable> which are not
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important in practice. <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
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allows identifier syntax (<literal>"username"</literal>), which SQL
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does not. SQL does not allow this command during a transaction;
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> does not make this
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restriction because there is no reason to. The privileges
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necessary to execute this command are left implementation-defined
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by the standard.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
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Local variables:
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mode:sgml
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sgml-omittag:nil
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sgml-shorttag:t
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sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
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sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
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sgml-indent-step:1
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sgml-indent-data:t
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sgml-parent-document:nil
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sgml-default-dtd-file:"../reference.ced"
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sgml-exposed-tags:nil
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sgml-local-catalogs:("/usr/lib/sgml/catalog")
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sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
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End:
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-->
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