[jira] Commented: (DERBY-3186) Do not allow the user to create inaccessible databases

["John H. Embretsen (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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John H. Embretsen commented on DERBY-3186:
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Until DERBY-3272 is fixed, it is possible to create an inaccessible database even if a user is defined on the database level. This happens if all users defined as database properties are also defined as system properties when the database properties (user credentials) are being set.

> Do not allow the user to create inaccessible databases
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DERBY-3186
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3186
>             Project: Derby
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Security
>            Reporter: Bernt M. Johnsen
>
> When dealing with users and properties, it is possible to create inaccessible or unmanageable databases. This happens only (I think) when derby.database.propertiesOnly is set to true.
> checks should be implemented to avoid that. Examples:
> The user should not be allowed to set both derby.database.propertiesOnly and derby.connection.requireAuthentication on database level without having defined any users on the database level. A database with both these properties set and no users will be inaccessible.
> The user should not be allowed to set  derby.database.propertiesOnly, derby.connection.requireAuthentication and derby.database.sqlAuthorization without the current user (which will be the database owner) defined on the database level. A database with this settings may not be managed (properties may not be changed, users may not be created or deleted).
> Note that its much easier to create these situations with GUI interfaces (e.g. JConsole and JMX) than with the tedious editing of property calls and sql system routines that we currently offer.

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