set_user

Overview

PGDG 1st Party Extension: set_user : similar to SET ROLE but with added logging

Information

• Extension ID: 7160
• Extension Name: set_user
• Package Name: set_user
• Category: SEC
• License: PostgreSQL
• Website: https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user
• Language: C
• Extra Tags: N/A
• Comment: N/A

Metadata

• Latest Version: 4.1.0
• Postgres Support: 17,16,15,14,13
• Need Load: Shared library do not need explicit loading
• Need DDL: Need CREATE EXTENSION DDL
• Relocatable: Can be installed into other schemas
• Trusted: Untrusted, Require Superuser to Create
• Schemas: N/A
• Requires: N/A

RPM / DEB

• RPM Repo: PGDG
• RPM Name: set_user_$v*
• RPM Ver : 4.1.0
• RPM Deps: N/A
• DEB Repo: PGDG
• DEB Name: postgresql-$v-set-user
• DEB Ver : 4.1.0
• DEB Deps: N/A

Availability

Installation

Install set_user via the pig CLI tool:

pig ext install set_user

Install set_user via Pigsty playbook:

./pgsql.yml -t pg_extension -e '{"pg_extensions": ["set_user"]}' # -l <cls>

Install set_user RPM from YUM repo directly:

dnf install set_user_17*;
dnf install set_user_16*;
dnf install set_user_15*;
dnf install set_user_14*;
dnf install set_user_13*;

Install set_user DEB from APT repo directly:

apt install postgresql-17-set-user;
apt install postgresql-16-set-user;
apt install postgresql-15-set-user;
apt install postgresql-14-set-user;
apt install postgresql-13-set-user;

Create set_user extension on PostgreSQL cluster:

CREATE EXTENSION set_user;