Commit 1e246783 authored by Peter Eisentraut's avatar Peter Eisentraut

Add some information about what it means for PL/Python to be untrusted.

Similar information already appears in the PL/Perl and PL/Tcl chapters.
parent 51d2c9b0
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<chapter id="plpython">
<title>PL/Python - Python Procedural Language</title>
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<para>
As of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.4, PL/Python is only
available as an <quote>untrusted</> language (meaning it does not
offer any way of restricting what users can do in it). It has
available as an <quote>untrusted</> language, meaning it does not
offer any way of restricting what users can do in it. It has
therefore been renamed to <literal>plpythonu</>. The trusted
variant <literal>plpython</> might become available again in future,
if a new secure execution mechanism is developed in Python.
if a new secure execution mechanism is developed in Python. The
writer of a function in untrusted PL/Python must take care that the
function cannot be used to do anything unwanted, since it will be
able to do anything that could be done by a user logged in as the
database administrator. Only superusers can create functions in
untrusted languages such as <literal>plpythonu</literal>.
</para>
<note>
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