[PATCH v6 5/5] Improve tab completion for ALTER SYSTEM (SET|RESET) for non-superusers
Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>
From: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>
To:
Date: 2025-08-08T23:29:39Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Non-superusers can only use ALTER SYSTEM on variables they've
explicitly been GRANTed access to, and can't read the data_directory
setting or pg_settings.sourceline column, so the existing tab
completion for ALTER SYSTEM isn't very useful for them.
Instead, on servers > v15, query pg_parameter_acl to show the variables
they do have permission to set via ALTER SYSTEM.
---
src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
index 156fef50085..08a1df85492 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
@@ -304,6 +304,23 @@ do { \
COMPLETE_WITH_VERSIONED_QUERY_LIST(query, list); \
} while (0)
+#define COMPLETE_WITH_VERSIONED_QUERY_VERBATIM(query) \
+ COMPLETE_WITH_VERSIONED_QUERY_VERBATIM_LIST(query, NULL)
+
+#define COMPLETE_WITH_VERSIONED_QUERY_VERBATIM_LIST(query, list) \
+do { \
+ completion_vquery = query; \
+ completion_charpp = list; \
+ completion_verbatim = true; \
+ matches = rl_completion_matches(text, complete_from_versioned_query); \
+} while (0)
+
+#define COMPLETE_WITH_VERSIONED_QUERY_VERBATIM_PLUS(query, ...) \
+do { \
+ static const char *const list[] = { __VA_ARGS__, NULL }; \
+ COMPLETE_WITH_VERSIONED_QUERY_VERBATIM_LIST(query, list); \
+} while (0)
+
#define COMPLETE_WITH_SCHEMA_QUERY(query) \
COMPLETE_WITH_SCHEMA_QUERY_LIST(query, NULL)
@@ -1067,6 +1084,19 @@ static const SchemaQuery Query_for_trigger_of_table = {
" WHERE sourcefile ~ '[\\\\/]postgresql\\.auto\\.conf$' " \
" AND pg_catalog.lower(name) LIKE pg_catalog.lower('%s')"
+static const VersionedQuery Query_for_list_of_alter_system_granted_vars[] = {
+ {150000,
+ "SELECT pg_catalog.lower(parname) FROM pg_catalog.pg_parameter_acl "
+ " WHERE EXISTS (SELECT FROM pg_catalog.aclexplode(paracl) "
+ " WHERE pg_has_role(current_role, grantee, 'usage') "
+ " AND privilege_type = 'ALTER SYSTEM') "
+ " AND pg_catalog.lower(parname) LIKE pg_catalog.lower('%s')",
+ },
+ /* this is only used for non-superusers, who can't ALTER SYSTEM before 15,
+ * so no point in any fallback*/
+ {0, NULL},
+};
+
#define Query_for_list_of_set_vars \
"SELECT pg_catalog.lower(name) FROM pg_catalog.pg_settings "\
" WHERE context IN ('user', 'superuser') "\
@@ -2653,10 +2683,20 @@ match_previous_words(int pattern_id,
else if (Matches("ALTER", "SYSTEM"))
COMPLETE_WITH("SET", "RESET");
else if (Matches("ALTER", "SYSTEM", "SET"))
- COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_VERBATIM(Query_for_list_of_alter_system_set_vars);
+ {
+ if (is_superuser())
+ COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_VERBATIM(Query_for_list_of_alter_system_set_vars);
+ else
+ COMPLETE_WITH_VERSIONED_QUERY_VERBATIM(Query_for_list_of_alter_system_granted_vars);
+ }
else if (Matches("ALTER", "SYSTEM", "RESET"))
- COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_VERBATIM_PLUS(Query_for_list_of_alter_system_reset_vars,
- "ALL");
+ {
+ if (is_superuser())
+ COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_VERBATIM_PLUS(Query_for_list_of_alter_system_reset_vars,
+ "ALL");
+ else
+ COMPLETE_WITH_VERSIONED_QUERY_VERBATIM(Query_for_list_of_alter_system_granted_vars);
+ }
else if (Matches("ALTER", "SYSTEM", "SET", MatchAny))
COMPLETE_WITH("TO");
/* ALTER VIEW <name> */
--
2.51.2
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