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Oracle XS_ADMIN_UTIL Version 26ai

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Purpose Real Application Security

AUTHID CURRENT_USER

Constants

Name	Data Type	Value
COMMON_WORKSPACE	VARCHAR2(6)	'XS'
SCHEMA_ACL	VARCHAR2(13)	'XS$SCHEMA_ACL'
XSCONNECT	VARCHAR2(9)	'XSCONNECT'
STRING_MAXLEN	PLS_INTEGER	4000
NON_EMPTY_STRING_MINLEN	PLS_INTEGER	1
STRING_MINLEN	PLS_INTEGER	0
XSNAME_MINLEN	PLS_INTEGER	1
XSNAME_MAXLEN	PLS_INTEGER	130
PARAMNAME_MINLEN	PLS_INTEGER	1
PARAMNAME_MAXLEN	PLS_INTEGER	128
XSQNAME_MINLEN	PLS_INTEGER	1
XSQNAME_MAXLEN	PLS_INTEGER	261
EXTERNAL_NAME_MINLEN	PLS_INTEGER	1
EXTERNAL_NAME_MAXLEN	PLS_INTEGER	130
WORKSPACE_MINLEN	PLS_INTEGER	1
WORKSPACE_MAXLEN	PLS_INTEGER	128
DBNAME_MINLEN	PLS_INTEGER	1
DBNAME_MAXLEN	PLS_INTEGER	130
OBJTYPE_PRINCIPAL	PLS_INTEGER	1
OBJTYPE_SECURITY_CLASS	PLS_INTEGER	2
OBJTYPE_ACL	PLS_INTEGER	3
OBJTYPE_PRIVILEGE	PLS_INTEGER	4
OBJTYPE_DATA_SECURITY	PLS_INTEGER	5
OBJTYPE_ROLESET	PLS_INTEGER	6
OBJTYPE_NSTEMPL	PLS_INTEGER	7
OBJTYPE_SYSOP	PLS_INTEGER	101
OBJTYPE_ADMOP	PLS_INTEGER	102
OBJTYPE_APPLY_POLICY	PLS_INTEGER	103
OBJTYPE_GRANTOP	PLS_INTEGER	104
OBJTYPE_REVOKEOP	PLS_INTEGER	105
OBJTYPE_SET_POLICY	PLS_INTEGER	106
Delete Options
DEFAULT_OPTION	PLS_INTEGER	1
CASCADE_OPTION	PLS_INTEGER	2
ALLOW_INCONSISTENCIES_OPTION	PLS_INTEGER	3
Specify if an object exists in the base table or not
STATUS_NOT_EXISTS	PLS_INTEGER	0
STATUS_EXISTS	PLS_INTEGER	1
Principal Type Definition
PTYPE_XS	PLS_INTEGER	1
PTYPE_DB	PLS_INTEGER	2
PTYPE_DN	PLS_INTEGER	3
PTYPE_EXTERNAL	PLS_INTEGER	4

Dependencies

DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN	XS$OBJ	XS_DATA_SECURITY_UTIL_INT
DBMS_RXS_LIB	XS$PRIVILEGE	XS_DIAG
DBMS_SFW_ACL_ADMIN	XS$REALM_CONSTRAINT_TYPE	XS_DIAG_INT
DBMS_STANDARD	XS$ROLE_GRANT_TYPE	XS_NAMESPACE
DBMS_WRR_PROTECTED	XS_ACL	XS_NAMESPACE_INT
DBMS_XDS_INT	XS_ACL_INT	XS_PRINCIPAL
DBMS_XSS_LIB	XS_ADMIN_INT	XS_PRINCIPAL_INT
XS$ACE_TYPE	XS_ADMIN_UTIL_INT	XS_ROLESET
XS$COLUMN_CONSTRAINT_TYPE	XS_DATA_SECURITY	XS_ROLESET_INT
XS$KEY_TYPE	XS_DATA_SECURITY_INT	XS_SECURITY_CLASS
XS$NS_ATTRIBUTE	XS_DATA_SECURITY_UTIL	XS_SECURITY_CLASS_INT

Documented Yes

Exceptions

Error Code	Reason
1031	ERR_INSUFFICIENT_PRIV
28222	ERR_RESERVED_USER
46025	ERR_NO_STATIC_RULE
46055	ERR_ROLE_NOT_GRANTED
46076	ERR_INVALID_LENGTH
46083	ERR_SET_PRIN_GUID
46084	ERR_DROP_SEEDED_OBJ
46085	ERR_NO_PROXY_ROLES
46096	ERR_DEFV_FREVNT_COEXIST
46097	ERR_NO_ROLESET_ROLE ERR_NO_GRANTEDROLE_PRIN ERR_NO_SC_PARENTSC
46098	ERR_DUP_PARENT ERR_DUP_LEAF ERR_DUP_PRIMARY_KEY ERR_DUP_ATTR_PRIV_PAIR ERR_DUP_PROXY ERR_DUP_ACL_PARAM ERR_DUP_ROLESET_ROLE ERR_DUP_POLICY_PARAM ERR_DUP_NS_ATTR
46099	ERR_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED
46101	ERR_AGGR_CYCLE CONSTANT NUMBER
46103	ERR_SECCLS_CYCLE
46116	ERR_ACL_REFERREDBY_NSTEMPLATE
46117	ERR_ACL_REFERREDBY_PRINCIPLAL
46118	ERR_ACL_SCHEMA_NOT_SYS
46119	ERR_ACL_IS_NULL
46152	ERR_INVALID_VALUE
46202	ERR_NO_HANDLER_FUNC
46211	ERR_INVALID_ENTITY_LENGTH
46212	ERR_DUP_NAME
46214	ERR_OBJ_REFERRED
46215	ERR_INVALID_OBJECT ERR_NO_OBJ_FOUND
46230	ERR_INTERNAL
46231	ERR_GRANT_ROLE
46232	ERR_ROLE_GRANT_CYCLE
46233	ERR_PARENT_ACL_CYCLE
46235	ERR_NO_POLICY_PARAMETER
46236	ERR_INVALID_POLICY_TYPE
46237	ERR_MIDTIER_CACHE
46238	ERR_NO_DB_USER_ROLE
46240	ERR_PROXY_SCHEMA_EXIST
46241	ERR_PROXY_SCHEMA_NOT_EXIST
46242	ERR_GRANT_ROLE_XSGUEST

First Available 12.1

Security Model Owned by SYS with EXECUTE granted to PUBLIC

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

Subprograms

CHECK_LENGTH	GRANT_SYSTEM_PRIVILEGE	SET_DEFAULT_WORKSPACE
CHECK_SEEDED	RAISE_ERROR	VALIDATE_DB_OBJECT_NAME
DROP_SCHEMA_OBJECTS	REMOVE_DBUSER_ACES	VALIDATE_DB_USER
GET_DEFAULT_WORKSPACE	REVOKE_SYSTEM_PRIVILEGE	XSNAME_TO_ID
GET_OBJECT_ID

CHECK_LENGTH

Returns an exception if the test string's length is not between the min and max boundaries xs_admin_util.check_length( str IN VARCHAR2, min_length IN PLS_INTEGER, max_length IN PLS_INTEGER);

exec xs_admin_util.check_length('TEST', 1, 10);

      

      PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

      

      exec xs_admin_util.check_length('TEST', 7, 10);

           *

      ORA-46076: The specified name length not within valid range.

CHECK_SEEDED

Check whether the object is seeded or not, internal use xs_admin_util.check_seeded(obj_id IN NUMBER);

-- appears to do precisely nothing

      

      exec xs_admin_util.check_seeded(18);

      

      PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

      

      exec xs_admin_util.check_seeded(89999);

      

      PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

      

      exec xs_admin_util.check_seeded(-1);

      

      PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

DROP_SCHEMA_OBJECTS

Drop schema objects under a schema xs_admin_util.drop_schema_objects(schema_name IN VARCHAR2);

-- appears to do precisely nothing

      

      CREATE USER c##zzyzx;

      

      CREATE TABLE c##zzyzx.test(

      testcol date);

      

      exec xs_admin_util.drop_schema_objects('C##ZZYZX');

      

      SELECT username

      FROM dba_users

      WHERE username LIKE 'C##%';

      

      USERNAME

      ---------

      C##OE

      C##SH

      C##ZZYZX

GET_DEFAULT_WORKSPACE

Returns the name of the default RAS workspace xs_admin_util.get_default_workspace RETURN VARCHAR2;

SELECT xs_admin_util.get_default_workspace;

GET_OBJECT_ID

Called by ADMIN APIs for internal use only returns the object ID xs_admin_util.get_object_id( obj_name IN VARCHAR2, obj_type IN PLS_INTEGER, workspace IN VARCHAR2, status_flag IN PLS_INTEGER := NULL) RETURN NUMBER;

TBD

GRANT_SYSTEM_PRIVILEGE

Grant system privilege to a user/role xs_admin_util.grant_system_privilege( priv_name IN VARCHAR2, user_name IN VARCHAR2, user_type IN PLS_INTEGER := xs_admin_util.ptype_db, schema IN VARCHAR2 := NULL);

conn sys@pdbdev as sysdba

      

      exec xs_admin_util.grant_system_privilege('ADMINISTER_SESSION', 'UWCLASS');

      

      PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

RAISE_ERROR

Raises a RAS application error xs_admin_util.raise_error( error_number IN PLS_INTEGER, error_str1 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, error_str2 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, keep_stack IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE);

exec xs_admin_util.raise_error(-600, 'Just What We Need');

           *

      ORA-46095: Invalid error code supplied

      

      exec xs_admin_util.raise_error(46084, 'Just What We Need');

           *

      ORA-46084: cannot update or delete system-seeded XS objects.

REMOVE_DBUSER_ACES

Revoke system privilege from a user/role with RAS privs xs_admin_util.remove_dbuser_aces(user_name IN VARCHAR2);

exec xs_admin_util.remove_dbuser_aces('UWCLASS');

      

      PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

REVOKE_SYSTEM_PRIVILEGE

Revoke System privilege from a user/role xs_admin_util.revoke_system_privilege( priv_name IN VARCHAR2, user_name IN VARCHAR2, user_type IN PLS_INTEGER := xs_admin_util.ptype_db, schema IN VARCHAR2 := NULL);

conn sys@pdbdev as sysdba

      

      exec xs_admin_util.revoke_system_privilege('ADMINISTER_SESSION', 'UWCLASS');

      

      PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SET_DEFAULT_WORKSPACE

Sets the default workspace name xs_admin_util.set_default_workspace(workspace IN VARCHAR2);

exec xs_admin_util.set_default_workspace('XS');

      

      PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

VALIDATE_DB_OBJECT_NAME

Validate DB object name. Internal use only. xs_admin_util.validate_db_object_name( input_name IN VARCHAR2, object_name OUT VARCHAR2, error_msg IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);

DECLARE

       outVal VARCHAR2(30);

      BEGIN

        xs_admin_util.validate_db_object_name('N0n Sense', outVal, 'ReadTheDocs');

        dbms_output.put_line(outVal);

      END;

      /

      *

      ORA-28104: input value for ReadTheDocs is not valid

      

      DECLARE

       outVal VARCHAR2(30);

      BEGIN

        xs_admin_util.validate_db_object_name('N0nSense', outVal);

        dbms_output.put_line(outVal);

      END;

      /

      N0NSENSE

      

      PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

VALIDATE_DB_USER

Validate DB user/schema. Internal use xs_admin_util.validate_db_user( input_name IN VARCHAR2, error_msg IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);

exec xs_admin_util.validate_db_user('N0nSense', 'Bad Choice')

           *

      ORA-28104: input value for Bad Choice is not valid

XSNAME_TO_ID

Utility Function: XS name to ID xs_admin_util.xsname_to_id( obj_name IN VARCHAR2, obj_type IN PLS_INTEGER) RETURN NUMBER;

SELECT owner, name

      FROM dba_xs_objects

      WHERE rownum = 1;

      

      OWNER  NAME

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

      SYS    ADMINISTER_SESSION

      

      SELECT xs_admin_util.xsname_to_id('ADMINISTER_SESSION', 1);

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