LIST PERMISSIONS

List the permissions, filtered by either resource and/or role. When using this command, you can omit the ON clause to display all related resources or omit the OF clause to display all role permissions. A role must have the DESCRIBE permission on the target resources and roles to list their permissions. Only superusers can list all permissions.

Syntax

LIST ( ALL PERMISSIONS | <permission_list> )[ ON <resource_name> ]
  [ OF <role_name> ][ NORECURSIVE ] ;

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Syntax conventions	Description
UPPERCASE	Literal keyword.
Lowercase	Not literal.
`< >`	Variable value. Replace with a user-defined value.
`[]`	Optional. Square brackets (`[]`) surround optional command arguments. Do not type the square brackets.
`( )`	Group. Parentheses ( `( )` ) identify a group to choose from. Do not type the parentheses.
`\|`	Or. A vertical bar (`\|`) separates alternative elements. Type any one of the elements. Do not type the vertical bar.
`...`	Repeatable. An ellipsis ( `...` ) indicates that you can repeat the syntax element as often as required.
`'<Literal string>'`	Single quotation (`'`) marks must surround literal strings in CQL statements. Use single quotation marks to preserve upper case.
`{ <key> : <value> }`	Map collection. Braces (`{ }`) enclose map collections or key value pairs. A colon separates the key and the value.
`<datatype2`	Set, list, map, or tuple. Angle brackets ( `< >` ) enclose data types in a set, list, map, or tuple. Separate the data types with a comma.
`<cql_statement>;`	End CQL statement. A semicolon (`;`) terminates all CQL statements.
`[--]`	Separate the command line options from the command arguments with two hyphens ( `--` ). This syntax is useful when arguments might be mistaken for command line options.
`' <<schema\> ... </schema\>> '`	Search CQL only: Single quotation marks (`'`) surround an entire XML schema declaration.
`@<xml_entity>='<xml_entity_type>'`	Search CQL only: Identify the entity and literal value to overwrite the XML element in the schema and solrConfig files.

Parameters

role_name: Selects a role. If the role name has capital letters or special characters enclose it in single quotes.
NORECURSIVE: Only display permissions granted to the role. By default permissions checks are recursive, and show direct and inherited permissions.

Access control matrix tables

In the following tables, the hierarchy of permissions is shown for each resource type, as well as the permissions that can be granted on each resource.

Resource permissions control the type of access that a role has to a database resource.

A database resource is a Cassandra database object on which permissions are applied. Database resources have a modeled hierarchy: Permissions on a top level object inherently grant the role the same permissions on the object’s children.

Data resources

The following hierarchy is true for data resources, from broadest to narrowest scope:

ALL KEYSPACES
KEYSPACE <keyspace_name>
ALL TABLES IN KEYSPACE <keyspace_name>
TABLE <table_name>
'<filtering_data>' ROWS IN <table_name>

Resource type: Data
Privilege	Resource	Permissions
ALL PERMISSIONS	`resource_name`	All operations that are applicable to the resource and its ancestors, where resource name is listed below.
ALTER	ALL KEYSPACES	ALTER KEYSPACE, ALTER TABLE, ALTER TYPE, RESTRICT ROW in any keyspace.
ALTER	KEYSPACE `keyspace_name`	ALTER KEYSPACE, ALTER TABLE, ALTER TYPE, and RESTRICT ROW in specified keyspace.
ALTER	TABLE `table_name`	ALTER TABLE and RESTRICT ROW of specified table.
CREATE	ALL KEYSPACES	CREATE KEYSPACE, CREATE TABLE, CREATE FUNCTIONS, and CREATE TYPE in any keyspace.
CREATE	KEYSPACE `keyspace_name`	CREATE TABLE and CREATE TYPE in specified keyspace.
DROP	ALL KEYSPACES	DROP KEYSPACE, DROP TABLE, and DROP TYPE in any keyspace
DROP	KEYSPACE `keyspace_name`	DROP TABLE and DROP TYPE in specified keyspace
DROP	TABLE `table_name`	DROP TABLE specified.
MODIFY	`filtering_data` ROWS IN `table_name`	MODIFY on rows that exactly match the `filtering_data` in specified table.
MODIFY	ALL KEYSPACES	INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and TRUNCATE on any table.
MODIFY	KEYSPACE `keyspace_name`	INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and TRUNCATE on any table in specified keyspace.
MODIFY	TABLE `table_name`	INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and TRUNCATE on specified table.
SELECT	`filtering_data` ROWS IN `table_name`	SELECT on rows that exactly match the `filtering_data` in specified table.
SELECT	ALL KEYSPACES	SELECT on any table.
SELECT	KEYSPACE `keyspace_name`	SELECT on any table in specified keyspace.
SELECT	TABLE `table_name`	SELECT on specified table.

Function resources

The following hierarchy is true for function resources, from broadest to narrowest scope:

ALL FUNCTIONS
ALL FUNCTIONS IN KEYSPACE <keyspace_name> and FUNCTION <keyspace_name.function_name>(<argument_types>)

Resource type: Functions
Privilege	Resource	Permissions
ALTER	ALL FUNCTIONS	CREATE FUNCTION and CREATE AGGREGATE, also replace existing.
ALTER	ALL FUNCTIONS IN KEYSPACE `keyspace_name`	CREATE FUNCTION and CREATE AGGREGATE, also replace existing in specified keyspace
ALTER	FUNCTION `function_name`	CREATE FUNCTION and CREATE AGGREGATE, also replace existing.
CREATE	ALL FUNCTIONS	CREATE FUNCTION in any keyspace and CREATE AGGREGATE in any keyspace.
CREATE	ALL FUNCTIONS IN KEYSPACE `keyspace_name`	CREATE FUNCTION and CREATE AGGREGATE in specified keyspace.
DROP	ALL FUNCTIONS	DROP FUNCTION and DROP AGGREGATE in any keyspace.
DROP	ALL FUNCTIONS IN KEYSPACE `keyspace_name`	DROP FUNCTION and DROP AGGREGATE in specified keyspace.
DROP	FUNCTION `function_name`	DROP FUNCTION specified function.
EXECUTE	ALL FUNCTIONS	SELECT, INSERT, and UPDATE using any function, and use of any function in CREATE AGGREGATE.
EXECUTE	ALL FUNCTIONS IN KEYSPACE `keyspace_name`	SELECT, INSERT, and UPDATE using any function in specified keyspace and use of any function in a keyspace in CREATE AGGREGATE.
EXECUTE	FUNCTION `function_name`	SELECT, INSERT, and UPDATE using specified function, and use of the function in CREATE AGGREGATE.

JMX resources

The following hierarchy is true for JMX resources, from broadest to narrowest scope:

ALL MBEANS
MBEAN <mbean_name> and MBEANS <pattern>

Resource type: JMX
Privilege	Resource	Permissions
DESCRIBE	ALL MBEANS	Retrieve metadata about any mbean from the platform’s MBeanServer.
DESCRIBE	MBEAN `mbean_name`	Retrieve metadata about a named mbean from the platform’s MBeanServer.
DESCRIBE	MBEANS pattern	Retrieve metadata about any mbean matching a wildcard pattern from the platform’s MBeanServer.
EXECUTE	ALL MBEANS	Execute operations on any mbean.
EXECUTE	MBEAN `mbean_name`	Execute operations on named mbean.
EXECUTE	MBEANS pattern	Execute operations on any mbean matching a wildcard pattern.
MODIFY	ALL MBEANS	Call setter methods on any mbean.
MODIFY	MBEAN `mbean_name`	Call setter methods on named mbean.
MODIFY	MBEANS pattern	Call setter methods on any mbean matching a wildcard pattern.
SELECT	ALL MBEANS	Call getter methods on any mbean.
SELECT	MBEAN `mbean_name`	Call getter methods on named mbean.
SELECT	MBEANS pattern	Call getter methods on any mbean matching a wildcard pattern.

Role management resources

The following hierarchy is true for role management resources, from broadest to narrowest scope:

ALL ROLES
ROLE <role_name>

Resource type: Role management
Privilege	Resource	Permissions
ALTER	ALL ROLES	ALTER ROLE on any role.
ALTER	ROLE `role_name`	ALTER ROLE for specified role.
AUTHORIZE	`resource_name`	GRANT privilege and REVOKE privilege on the resource. Note: Roles are resources. Requires that user has AUTHORIZE on the resource.
CREATE	ALL ROLES	CREATE ROLE.
DESCRIBE	ALL ROLES	LIST privilege on all roles or only roles granted to another specified role.
DROP	ALL ROLES	Drop all roles.
DROP	ROLE `role_name`	Drop the specified role.
PROXY.EXECUTE	ROLE `role_name`	After authenticating issue individual requests as a different user.
PROXY.LOGIN	ROLE `role_name`	After authenticating issue all requests as a different user.
`role_name`	`resource_name`	Grant role (as a set of permissions) to another role. Requires AUTHORIZE permission on the permission role and target role.

List output

The list command shows the following information:

LIST ALL PERMISSION OF role1;

Result

 role  | username | resource           | permission | granted | restricted | grantable
-------+----------+--------------------+------------+---------+------------+-----------
 role1 |    role1 | <keyspace cycling> |       DROP |   False |       True |      True
 role1 |    role1 | <keyspace cycling> |  AUTHORIZE |    True |       True |     False
 role2 |    role2 | <keyspace cycling> |     CREATE |    True |      False |     False
 role3 |    role3 | <keyspace cycling> |       DROP |   False |      False |      True
 role3 |    role3 | <keyspace cycling> |     UPDATE |    True |      False |     False

(5 rows)

Output columns
Column	Description
`role`	The name of the role that the permission was granted or authorized on.
`username`	If the role is associated with a legacy user account the user name displays, else the role name displays.
`resource`	The resource name in angle brackets.
`permission`	The name of the permission. When `ALL PERMISSIONS` is used, each type of permission associated with the resource is granted.
`granted`	`True` - Execute commands granted by the permission on the resource. When `AUTHORIZE` is granted equals true, the users with the role can grant other permissions that have granted to them on the resource to other roles. `False` - Users cannot execute the permission commands.
`restricted`	`True` - Denies execution of the commands associated with the permission on the resource even if granted is true. If grantable is true, users with the role can still AUTHORIZE roles other than their own. `False` - Users can execute commands that have granted equal to true.
`grantable`	`True` - Allows grant or revoke of the permission on the resource to another role, other than any of their own roles. `False` - `AUTHORIZE` FOR permission has not been granted.

Example

All permissions for all roles and resources

List permissions given to all the roles on all resources:

LIST ALL PERMISSIONS;

Individual role permissions

List all permissions given to sam:

LIST ALL PERMISSIONS OF sam;