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Oracle XS_ACL Version 26ai

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Purpose Real Application Security Access Control Lists

AUTHID CURRENT_USER

Constants

Name	Data Type	Value
Parent ACL Types
EXTENDED	PLS_INTEGER	1
CONSTRAINED	PLS_INTEGER	2
Principal's Types
PTYPE_XS	PLS_INTEGER	1
PTYPE_DB	PLS_INTEGER	2
PTYPE_DN	PLS_INTEGER	3
PTYPE_EXTERNAL	PLS_INTEGER	4
Parameter Value Types
TYPE_NUMBER	PLS_INTEGER	1
TYPE_VARCHAR	PLS_INTEGER	2

Data Types TYPE SYS.XS$ACE_LIST TYPE SYS.XS$ACE_TYPE

Dependencies

DBMS_ASSERT	SDO_GCDR	XS_ADMIN_INT
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN	XS$ACE_LIST	XS_ADMIN_UTIL
DBMS_SFW_ACL_ADMIN	XS$ACE_TYPE	XS_SECURITY_CLASS_INT
DBMS_UTILITY	XS_ACL_INT

Documented No

Exceptions

Error Code	Reason
ORA-46152	XS Security - invalid ACE specified
ORA-46215	XS entity by the name <string> did not exist.

First Available 11.2

Security Model Owned by SYS with EXECUTE granted to PUBLIC and DBSFWUSER

Source {ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/admin/xsacl.sql

Subprograms

ADD_ACL_PARAMETER	GRANT_PRIVILEGE	SET_DESCRIPTION
APPEND_ACES	REMOVE_ACES	SET_PARENT_ACL
CREATE_ACL	REMOVE_ACL_PARAMETERS	SET_SECURITY_CLASS
DELETE_ACL	REVOKE_PRIVILEGE

ADD_ACL_PARAMETER

Add a numeric parameter value

Overload 1 xs_acl.add_acl_parameter( acl IN VARCHAR2, policy IN VARCHAR2, parameter IN VARCHAR2, value IN NUMBER);

TBD

Add a string parameter value

Overload 2 xs_acl.add_acl_parameter( acl IN VARCHAR2, policy IN VARCHAR2, parameter IN VARCHAR2, value IN VARCHAR2);

exec xs_acl.add_acl_parameter('DBSECWORXACL','XPOLICY','GEO', 'EMEA');

APPEND_ACES

Append one ACE to the ACL

Overload 1 xs_acl.append_aces( acl IN VARCHAR2, ace IN XS$ACE_TYPE);

DECLARE

       atype xs$ace_type;

      BEGIN 

       
      atype := xs$ace_type(privilege_list=>xs$name_list('"SELECT"'),

                             granted=>TRUE,

                             principal_name=>'DBA',

                             principal_type=>xs_acl.ptype_db);

       
      xs_acl_append_aces('DBSECWORXACL', atype);

      END;

      /

Append ACEs to the ACL

Overload 2 xs_acl.append_aces( acl IN VARCHAR2, ace_list IN XS$ACE_LIST);

TBD

CREATE_ACL

Create ACL API xs_acl.create_acl( name IN VARCHAR2, ace_list IN XS$ACE_LIST, sec_class IN VARCHAR2 := NULL, parent IN VARCHAR2 := NULL, inherit_mode IN PLS_INTEGER := NULL, description IN VARCHAR2 := NULL);

col acl format a45

      col owner format a20

      col privilege format a20

      col security_class format a20

      

      SELECT acl, owner, privilege, security_class

      FROM dba_xs_aces

      ORDER BY 1;

      

      DECLARE

       alist xs$ace_list;

      BEGIN 

        alist := xs$ace_list(

                   xs$ace_type(privilege_list=>xs$name_list('"SELECT"','VIEW_SENSITIVE_INFO'),

                               granted=>TRUE,

                               principal_name=>'CSR'),

                   xs$ace_type(privilege_list=>xs$name_list('UPDATE_INFO'),

                               granted=>TRUE,

                               principal_name=>'MGR'));

        xs_acl.create_acl('DBSECWORXACL', alist, 'SECPRIVS', description=>'Data Access');

      END;

      /

      

      SELECT acl, owner, privilege, security_class

      FROM dba_xs_aces

      WHERE acl = 'DBSECWORXACL';

      

      ACL           OWNER  PRIVILEGE            SECURITY_CLASS

      ------------- ------ -------------------- ---------------

      DBSECWORXACL  SYS    SELECT               SECPRIVS

      DBSECWORXACL  SYS    VIEW_SENSITIVE_INFO  SECPRIVS

      DBSECWORXACL  SYS    UPDATE_INFO          SECPRIVS

DELETE_ACL

Delete an ACL xs_acl.delete_acl( acl IN VARCHAR2, delete_option IN PLS_INTEGER := XS_ADMIN_UTIL.DEFAULT_OPTION);

exec xs_acl.delete_acl('DBSECWORXACL');

GRANT_PRIVILEGE

Grant a privilege xs_acl.grant_privilege( acl IN VARCHAR2, privilege IN VARCHAR2, principal IN VARCHAR2, principal_type IN BINARY_INTEGER);

TBD

REMOVE_ACES

Remove all ACEs from the ACL xs_acl.remove_aces(acl IN VARCHAR2);

exec xs_acl.remove_aces('UWACL');

REMOVE_ACL_PARAMETERS

Remove all parameters
Overload 1 xs_acl.remove_acl_parameters(acl IN VARCHAR2);

exec xs_acl.remove_acl_parameters('UWACL');

Remove a single parameter
Overload 2 xs_acl.remove_acl_parameters( acl IN VARCHAR2, parameter IN VARCHAR2);

exec xs_acl.remove_acl_parameters('UWACL', 'GEO');

Remove a parameter associate with a policy

Overload 3 xs_acl.remove_acl_parameters( acl IN VARCHAR2, policy IN VARCHAR2, parameter IN VARCHAR2);

exec xs_acl.remove_acl_parameters('DBSECWORXACL', 'XPOLICY', 'GEO');

REVOKE_PRIVILEGE

Revoke a granted privilege xs_acl.revoke_privilege( acl IN VARCHAR2, privilege IN VARCHAR2, principal IN VARCHAR2, principal_type IN BINARY_INTEGER);

TBD

SET_DESCRIPTION

Set an ACL description xs_acl.set_description( acl IN VARCHAR2, description IN VARCHAR2);

exec xs_acl.set_description('UWACL', 'UW Secure ACL');

SET_PARENT_ACL

Sets the parent ACL xs_acl.set_parent_acl( acl IN VARCHAR2, parent IN VARCHAR2, inherit_mode IN PLS_INTEGER);

TBD

SET_SECURITY_CLASS

Sets the security class xs_acl.set_security_class( acl IN VARCHAR2, sec_class IN VARCHAR2);

TBD

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