Access Control

This document is better viewed at https://docs.openzeppelin.com/contracts/api/access

This directory provides ways to restrict who can access the functions of a contract or when they can do it.

  • AccessControl provides a general role based access control mechanism. Multiple hierarchical roles can be created and assigned each to multiple accounts.

  • Ownable is a simpler mechanism with a single owner "role" that can be assigned to a single account. This simpler mechanism can be useful for quick tests but projects with production concerns are likely to outgrow it.

Authorization

Ownable

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/access/Ownable.sol";

Contract module which provides a basic access control mechanism, where there is an account (an owner) that can be granted exclusive access to specific functions.

By default, the owner account will be the one that deploys the contract. This can later be changed with transferOwnership.

This module is used through inheritance. It will make available the modifier onlyOwner, which can be applied to your functions to restrict their use to the owner.

Modifiers

onlyOwner() modifier

Throws if called by any account other than the owner.

constructor() internal

Initializes the contract setting the deployer as the initial owner.

owner() → address public

Returns the address of the current owner.

_checkOwner() internal

Throws if the sender is not the owner.

renounceOwnership() public

Leaves the contract without owner. It will not be possible to call onlyOwner functions anymore. Can only be called by the current owner.

Renouncing ownership will leave the contract without an owner, thereby removing any functionality that is only available to the owner.

transferOwnership(address newOwner) public

Transfers ownership of the contract to a new account (newOwner). Can only be called by the current owner.

_transferOwnership(address newOwner) internal

Transfers ownership of the contract to a new account (newOwner). Internal function without access restriction.

OwnershipTransferred(address indexed previousOwner, address indexed newOwner) event

Ownable2Step

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/access/Ownable2Step.sol";

Contract module which provides access control mechanism, where there is an account (an owner) that can be granted exclusive access to specific functions.

By default, the owner account will be the one that deploys the contract. This can later be changed with transferOwnership and acceptOwnership.

This module is used through inheritance. It will make available all functions from parent (Ownable).

pendingOwner() → address public

Returns the address of the pending owner.

transferOwnership(address newOwner) public

Starts the ownership transfer of the contract to a new account. Replaces the pending transfer if there is one. Can only be called by the current owner.

_transferOwnership(address newOwner) internal

Transfers ownership of the contract to a new account (newOwner) and deletes any pending owner. Internal function without access restriction.

acceptOwnership() public

The new owner accepts the ownership transfer.

OwnershipTransferStarted(address indexed previousOwner, address indexed newOwner) event

IAccessControl

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/access/IAccessControl.sol";

External interface of AccessControl declared to support ERC165 detection.

hasRole(bytes32 role, address account) → bool external

Returns true if account has been granted role.

getRoleAdmin(bytes32 role) → bytes32 external

Returns the admin role that controls role. See grantRole and revokeRole.

To change a role’s admin, use AccessControl._setRoleAdmin.

grantRole(bytes32 role, address account) external

Grants role to account.

If account had not been already granted role, emits a RoleGranted event.

Requirements:

  • the caller must have role's admin role.

revokeRole(bytes32 role, address account) external

Revokes role from account.

If account had been granted role, emits a RoleRevoked event.

Requirements:

  • the caller must have role's admin role.

renounceRole(bytes32 role, address account) external

Revokes role from the calling account.

Roles are often managed via grantRole and revokeRole: this function’s purpose is to provide a mechanism for accounts to lose their privileges if they are compromised (such as when a trusted device is misplaced).

If the calling account had been granted role, emits a RoleRevoked event.

Requirements:

  • the caller must be account.

RoleAdminChanged(bytes32 indexed role, bytes32 indexed previousAdminRole, bytes32 indexed newAdminRole) event

Emitted when newAdminRole is set as role's admin role, replacing previousAdminRole

DEFAULT_ADMIN_ROLE is the starting admin for all roles, despite RoleAdminChanged not being emitted signaling this.

Available since v3.1.

RoleGranted(bytes32 indexed role, address indexed account, address indexed sender) event

Emitted when account is granted role.

sender is the account that originated the contract call, an admin role bearer except when using AccessControl._setupRole.

RoleRevoked(bytes32 indexed role, address indexed account, address indexed sender) event

Emitted when account is revoked role.

sender is the account that originated the contract call: - if using revokeRole, it is the admin role bearer - if using renounceRole, it is the role bearer (i.e. account)

AccessControl

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/access/AccessControl.sol";

Contract module that allows children to implement role-based access control mechanisms. This is a lightweight version that doesn’t allow enumerating role members except through off-chain means by accessing the contract event logs. Some applications may benefit from on-chain enumerability, for those cases see AccessControlEnumerable.

Roles are referred to by their bytes32 identifier. These should be exposed in the external API and be unique. The best way to achieve this is by using public constant hash digests:

bytes32 public constant MY_ROLE = keccak256("MY_ROLE");

Roles can be used to represent a set of permissions. To restrict access to a function call, use hasRole:

function foo() public {
    require(hasRole(MY_ROLE, msg.sender));
    ...
}

Roles can be granted and revoked dynamically via the grantRole and revokeRole functions. Each role has an associated admin role, and only accounts that have a role’s admin role can call grantRole and revokeRole.

By default, the admin role for all roles is DEFAULT_ADMIN_ROLE, which means that only accounts with this role will be able to grant or revoke other roles. More complex role relationships can be created by using _setRoleAdmin.

The DEFAULT_ADMIN_ROLE is also its own admin: it has permission to grant and revoke this role. Extra precautions should be taken to secure accounts that have been granted it.
Modifiers

onlyRole(bytes32 role) modifier

Modifier that checks that an account has a specific role. Reverts with a standardized message including the required role.

The format of the revert reason is given by the following regular expression:

/^AccessControl: account (0x[0-9a-f]{40}) is missing role (0x[0-9a-f]{64})$/

Available since v4.1.

supportsInterface(bytes4 interfaceId) → bool public

hasRole(bytes32 role, address account) → bool public

Returns true if account has been granted role.

_checkRole(bytes32 role) internal

Revert with a standard message if _msgSender() is missing role. Overriding this function changes the behavior of the onlyRole modifier.

Format of the revert message is described in _checkRole.

Available since v4.6.

_checkRole(bytes32 role, address account) internal

Revert with a standard message if account is missing role.

The format of the revert reason is given by the following regular expression:

/^AccessControl: account (0x[0-9a-f]{40}) is missing role (0x[0-9a-f]{64})$/

getRoleAdmin(bytes32 role) → bytes32 public

Returns the admin role that controls role. See grantRole and revokeRole.

To change a role’s admin, use _setRoleAdmin.

grantRole(bytes32 role, address account) public

Grants role to account.

If account had not been already granted role, emits a RoleGranted event.

Requirements:

  • the caller must have role's admin role.

May emit a RoleGranted event.

revokeRole(bytes32 role, address account) public

Revokes role from account.

If account had been granted role, emits a RoleRevoked event.

Requirements:

  • the caller must have role's admin role.

May emit a RoleRevoked event.

renounceRole(bytes32 role, address account) public

Revokes role from the calling account.

Roles are often managed via grantRole and revokeRole: this function’s purpose is to provide a mechanism for accounts to lose their privileges if they are compromised (such as when a trusted device is misplaced).

If the calling account had been revoked role, emits a RoleRevoked event.

Requirements:

  • the caller must be account.

May emit a RoleRevoked event.

_setupRole(bytes32 role, address account) internal

Grants role to account.

If account had not been already granted role, emits a RoleGranted event. Note that unlike grantRole, this function doesn’t perform any checks on the calling account.

May emit a RoleGranted event.

This function should only be called from the constructor when setting up the initial roles for the system.

Using this function in any other way is effectively circumventing the admin system imposed by AccessControl.

This function is deprecated in favor of _grantRole.

_setRoleAdmin(bytes32 role, bytes32 adminRole) internal

Sets adminRole as role's admin role.

Emits a RoleAdminChanged event.

_grantRole(bytes32 role, address account) internal

Grants role to account.

Internal function without access restriction.

May emit a RoleGranted event.

_revokeRole(bytes32 role, address account) internal

Revokes role from account.

Internal function without access restriction.

May emit a RoleRevoked event.

AccessControlCrossChain

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/access/AccessControlCrossChain.sol";

An extension to AccessControl with support for cross-chain access management. For each role, is extension implements an equivalent "aliased" role that is used for restricting calls originating from other chains.

For example, if a function myFunction is protected by onlyRole(SOME_ROLE), and if an address x has role SOME_ROLE, it would be able to call myFunction directly. A wallet or contract at the same address on another chain would however not be able to call this function. In order to do so, it would require to have the role _crossChainRoleAlias(SOME_ROLE).

This aliasing is required to protect against multiple contracts living at the same address on different chains but controlled by conflicting entities.

Available since v4.6.

_checkRole(bytes32 role) internal

_crossChainRoleAlias(bytes32 role) → bytes32 internal

Returns the aliased role corresponding to role.

IAccessControlEnumerable

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/access/IAccessControlEnumerable.sol";

External interface of AccessControlEnumerable declared to support ERC165 detection.

getRoleMember(bytes32 role, uint256 index) → address external

Returns one of the accounts that have role. index must be a value between 0 and getRoleMemberCount, non-inclusive.

Role bearers are not sorted in any particular way, and their ordering may change at any point.

When using getRoleMember and getRoleMemberCount, make sure you perform all queries on the same block. See the following forum post for more information.

getRoleMemberCount(bytes32 role) → uint256 external

Returns the number of accounts that have role. Can be used together with getRoleMember to enumerate all bearers of a role.

AccessControlEnumerable

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/access/AccessControlEnumerable.sol";

Extension of AccessControl that allows enumerating the members of each role.

supportsInterface(bytes4 interfaceId) → bool public

getRoleMember(bytes32 role, uint256 index) → address public

Returns one of the accounts that have role. index must be a value between 0 and getRoleMemberCount, non-inclusive.

Role bearers are not sorted in any particular way, and their ordering may change at any point.

When using getRoleMember and getRoleMemberCount, make sure you perform all queries on the same block. See the following forum post for more information.

getRoleMemberCount(bytes32 role) → uint256 public

Returns the number of accounts that have role. Can be used together with getRoleMember to enumerate all bearers of a role.

_grantRole(bytes32 role, address account) internal

Overload _grantRole to track enumerable memberships

_revokeRole(bytes32 role, address account) internal

Overload _revokeRole to track enumerable memberships