The dummy_seclabel module exists only to support regression testing of

the SECURITY LABEL statement. It is not intended to be used in production.

Rationale

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The SECURITY LABEL statement allows the user to assign security labels to

database objects; however, security labels can only be assigned when

specifically allowed by a loadable module, so this module is provided to

allow proper regression testing.

Security label providers intended to be used in production will typically be

dependent on a platform-specific feature such as SELinux. This module is

platform-independent, and therefore better-suited to regression testing.

Usage

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Here's a simple example of usage:

# postgresql.conf

shared_preload_libraries = 'dummy_seclabel'

postgres=# CREATE TABLE t (a int, b text);

CREATE TABLE

postgres=# SECURITY LABEL ON TABLE t IS 'classified';

SECURITY LABEL

The dummy_seclabel module provides only four hardcoded

labels: unclassified, classified,

secret, and top secret.

It does not allow any other strings as security labels.

These labels are not used to enforce access controls. They are only used

to check whether the SECURITY LABEL statement works as expected,

or not.

Author

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KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>