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
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml,v 1.48 2010/03/29 21:20:58 petere Exp $ --> <!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml,v 1.49 2010/03/29 21:35:59 petere Exp $ -->
<chapter id="plpython"> <chapter id="plpython">
<title>PL/Python - Python Procedural Language</title> <title>PL/Python - Python Procedural Language</title>
...@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@ ...@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@
<para> <para>
As of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.4, PL/Python is only As of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.4, PL/Python is only
available as an <quote>untrusted</> language (meaning it does not available as an <quote>untrusted</> language, meaning it does not
offer any way of restricting what users can do in it). It has offer any way of restricting what users can do in it. It has
therefore been renamed to <literal>plpythonu</>. The trusted therefore been renamed to <literal>plpythonu</>. The trusted
variant <literal>plpython</> might become available again in future, 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> </para>
<note> <note>
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