Re: [Firebird-devel] usage privileges

2015-03-29 Thread Dimitry Sibiryakov
29.03.2015 16:31, Alex Peshkoff wrote:
 The main problem I see in current code is that we already have a command:
 grant usage on sequence gen_name to some_user;
 but it does not affect user rights to access gen_name - generators may
 be access with this command or without it (i.e. as it was before).

   Isn't this the first grant in database?.. Full access to everything till the 
first 
grant is the legacy behaviour.

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Re: [Firebird-devel] usage privileges

2015-03-29 Thread Alex Peshkoff
On 03/29/15 17:19, Ann Harrison wrote:
 On Mar 29, 2015, at 8:58 AM, Alex Peshkoff peshk...@mail.ru wrote:

 Currently access to sequences/generators and exceptions is not limited,
 i.e. user not granted explicitly any rights can access sequences and
 exceptions. I wonder - who added that privileges in such way? Is it WIP
 or a bug that requires fixing?
 I can only speak to generators which were added a long time ago.  At that 
 time, InterBase had two security models - a permissive mode that assumed all 
 usage and allowed the administrator to restrict access, and the beginning of 
 the SQL model which was used only to the extent it was defined in the 
 standard, which didn't recognize generators.  So all access was allowed to 
 generators by default.  I guess if somebody had asked, we'd have added the 
 ability to restrict access.

 Adding SQL style permissions will require some thought, since nobody has 
 granted all rights to all on generators and suddenly restricting access to 
 them will be a serious nuisance.

I remember that GDML security model enabled all access by default. And 
we live with all generators available by default for many years.
The main problem I see in current code is that we already have a command:
grant usage on sequence gen_name to some_user;
but it does not affect user rights to access gen_name - generators may 
be access with this command or without it (i.e. as it was before). I.e. 
looks like somebody started with limiting access to generators but did 
not complete that job.



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Re: [Firebird-devel] usage privileges

2015-03-29 Thread Alex Peshkoff
On 03/29/15 17:35, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote:
 29.03.2015 16:31, Alex Peshkoff wrote:
 The main problem I see in current code is that we already have a command:
 grant usage on sequence gen_name to some_user;
 but it does not affect user rights to access gen_name - generators may
 be access with this command or without it (i.e. as it was before).
 Isn't this the first grant in database?..

No.

 Full access to everything till the first
 grant is the legacy behaviour.



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Re: [Firebird-devel] usage privileges

2015-03-29 Thread Ann Harrison

 On Mar 29, 2015, at 8:58 AM, Alex Peshkoff peshk...@mail.ru wrote:
 
 Currently access to sequences/generators and exceptions is not limited, 
 i.e. user not granted explicitly any rights can access sequences and 
 exceptions. I wonder - who added that privileges in such way? Is it WIP 
 or a bug that requires fixing?

I can only speak to generators which were added a long time ago.  At that time, 
InterBase had two security models - a permissive mode that assumed all usage 
and allowed the administrator to restrict access, and the beginning of the SQL 
model which was used only to the extent it was defined in the standard, which 
didn't recognize generators.  So all access was allowed to generators by 
default.  I guess if somebody had asked, we'd have added the ability to 
restrict access.

Adding SQL style permissions will require some thought, since nobody has 
granted all rights to all on generators and suddenly restricting access to them 
will be a serious nuisance.

Cheers,

Ann
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