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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>SECURITY LABEL</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="sql-savepoint.html" title="SAVEPOINT" /><link rel="next" href="sql-select.html" title="SELECT" /></head><body><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">SECURITY LABEL</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-savepoint.html" title="SAVEPOINT">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">SQL Commands</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 11.5 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-select.html" title="SELECT">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="refentry" id="SQL-SECURITY-LABEL"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.3.170.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle">SECURITY LABEL</span></h2><p>SECURITY LABEL — define or change a security label applied to an object</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="synopsis">
SECURITY LABEL [ FOR <em class="replaceable"><code>provider</code></em> ] ON
{
TABLE <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
COLUMN <em class="replaceable"><code>table_name</code></em>.<em class="replaceable"><code>column_name</code></em> |
AGGREGATE <em class="replaceable"><code>aggregate_name</code></em> ( <em class="replaceable"><code>aggregate_signature</code></em> ) |
DATABASE <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
DOMAIN <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
EVENT TRIGGER <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
FOREIGN TABLE <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em>
FUNCTION <em class="replaceable"><code>function_name</code></em> [ ( [ [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em> ] [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em> ] <em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em> [, ...] ] ) ] |
LARGE OBJECT <em class="replaceable"><code>large_object_oid</code></em> |
MATERIALIZED VIEW <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
[ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
PROCEDURE <em class="replaceable"><code>procedure_name</code></em> [ ( [ [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em> ] [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em> ] <em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em> [, ...] ] ) ] |
PUBLICATION <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
ROLE <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
ROUTINE <em class="replaceable"><code>routine_name</code></em> [ ( [ [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em> ] [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em> ] <em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em> [, ...] ] ) ] |
SCHEMA <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
SEQUENCE <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
SUBSCRIPTION <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
TABLESPACE <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
TYPE <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em> |
VIEW <em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em>
} IS '<em class="replaceable"><code>label</code></em>'
<span class="phrase">where <em class="replaceable"><code>aggregate_signature</code></em> is:</span>
* |
[ <em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em> ] [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em> ] <em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em> [ , ... ] |
[ [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em> ] [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em> ] <em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em> [ , ... ] ] ORDER BY [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em> ] [ <em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em> ] <em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em> [ , ... ]
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.170.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
<code class="command">SECURITY LABEL</code> applies a security label to a database
object. An arbitrary number of security labels, one per label provider, can
be associated with a given database object. Label providers are loadable
modules which register themselves by using the function
<code class="function">register_label_provider</code>.
</p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
<code class="function">register_label_provider</code> is not an SQL function; it can
only be called from C code loaded into the backend.
</p></div><p>
The label provider determines whether a given label is valid and whether
it is permissible to assign that label to a given object. The meaning of a
given label is likewise at the discretion of the label provider.
<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> places no restrictions on whether or how a
label provider must interpret security labels; it merely provides a
mechanism for storing them. In practice, this facility is intended to allow
integration with label-based mandatory access control (MAC) systems such as
<span class="productname">SE-Linux</span>. Such systems make all access control decisions
based on object labels, rather than traditional discretionary access control
(DAC) concepts such as users and groups.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.170.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>object_name</code></em><br /></span><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>table_name.column_name</code></em><br /></span><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>aggregate_name</code></em><br /></span><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>function_name</code></em><br /></span><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>procedure_name</code></em><br /></span><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>routine_name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The name of the object to be labeled. Names of tables,
aggregates, domains, foreign tables, functions, procedures, routines, sequences, types, and
views can be schema-qualified.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>provider</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The name of the provider with which this label is to be associated. The
named provider must be loaded and must consent to the proposed labeling
operation. If exactly one provider is loaded, the provider name may be
omitted for brevity.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>argmode</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The mode of a function, procedure, or aggregate
argument: <code class="literal">IN</code>, <code class="literal">OUT</code>,
<code class="literal">INOUT</code>, or <code class="literal">VARIADIC</code>.
If omitted, the default is <code class="literal">IN</code>.
Note that <code class="command">SECURITY LABEL</code> does not actually
pay any attention to <code class="literal">OUT</code> arguments, since only the input
arguments are needed to determine the function's identity.
So it is sufficient to list the <code class="literal">IN</code>, <code class="literal">INOUT</code>,
and <code class="literal">VARIADIC</code> arguments.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>argname</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The name of a function, procedure, or aggregate argument.
Note that <code class="command">SECURITY LABEL</code> does not actually
pay any attention to argument names, since only the argument data
types are needed to determine the function's identity.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>argtype</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The data type of a function, procedure, or aggregate argument.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>large_object_oid</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The OID of the large object.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">PROCEDURAL</code></span></dt><dd><p>
This is a noise word.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>label</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The new security label, written as a string literal; or <code class="literal">NULL</code>
to drop the security label.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.170.7"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
The following example shows how the security label of a table might
be changed.
</p><pre class="programlisting">
SECURITY LABEL FOR selinux ON TABLE mytable IS 'system_u:object_r:sepgsql_table_t:s0';
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.170.8"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
There is no <code class="command">SECURITY LABEL</code> command in the SQL standard.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.170.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sepgsql.html" title="F.35. sepgsql">sepgsql</a>, <code class="filename">src/test/modules/dummy_seclabel</code></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-savepoint.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-select.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">SAVEPOINT </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> SELECT</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
