Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Trac Permissions


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    1 == Trac Permissions ==
     1= Trac Permissions =
     2[[TracGuideToc]]
    23
    3 Trac uses a flexible permission system to control what different users can do
    4 in the system.
     4Trac uses a simple, case sensitive, permission system to control what users can and can't access.
    55
    6 When a user first uses a system he/she will be able to do certain things.
    7 Exactly what he/she can do depend on which privileges you have granted to
    8 the special user {{{anonymous}}}.
    9 In addition to these privileges different users can be granted additional
    10 rights as soon as they login into the system.
     6Permission privileges are managed using the [TracAdmin trac-admin] tool or the ''General / Permissions'' panel in the ''Admin'' web interface.
    117
    12 === Available privileges ===
     8In addition to the default permission policy described in this page, it is possible to activate additional permission policies by enabling plugins and listing them in the `[trac] permission_policies` configuration entry in the TracIni. See TracFineGrainedPermissions for more details.
    139
    14  * {{{TRAC_ADMIN}}}
    15  * {{{LOG_VIEW}}}
    16  * {{{FILE_VIEW}}}
    17  * {{{CHANGESET_VIEW}}}
    18  * {{{BROWSER_VIEW}}}
    19  * {{{TICKET_VIEW, TICKET_CREATE, TICKET_MODIFY, TICKET_ADMIN}}}
    20  * {{{REPORT_VIEW, REPORT_CREATE, REPORT_MODIFY, REPORT_DELETE, REPORT_ADMIN}}}
    21  * {{{WIKI_VIEW, WIKI_CREATE, WIKI_MODIFY, WIKI_DELETE, WIKI_ADMIN}}}
    22  * {{{TIMELINE_VIEW}}}
    23  * {{{SEARCH_VIEW}}}
    24  * {{{CONFIG_VIEW}}}
     10Non-authenticated users accessing the system are assigned the name "anonymous". Assign permissions to the "anonymous" user to set privileges for anonymous/guest users. The parts of Trac that a user does not have the privileges for will not be displayed in the navigation.
     11In addition to these privileges, users can be granted additional individual rights in effect when authenticated and logged into the system. All logged in users belong to the virtual group "authenticated", which inherits permissions from "anonymous".
    2512
    26 The {{{something_ADMIN}}} privileges are just shortcuts that can be used to grant a user all the ''something'' privileges in one go. Having {{{TRAC_ADMIN}}}
    27 is like being {{{root}}} on a *NIX system, it will let you do anything you want.
     13== Available Privileges ==
    2814
    29 === Granting privileges ===
     15To enable all privileges for a user, use the `TRAC_ADMIN` permission. Having `TRAC_ADMIN` is like being `root` on a *NIX system: it will allow you to perform any operation.
    3016
    31 Currently the only way to grant privileges to users is by using the
    32 {{{trac-admin}}} script. The current set of privileges can be listed
    33 with the following command:
     17Otherwise, individual privileges can be assigned to users for the various different functional areas of Trac ('''note that the privilege names are case-sensitive'''):
    3418
     19=== Repository Browser ===
     20
     21|| `BROWSER_VIEW` || View directory listings in the [wiki:TracBrowser repository browser] ||
     22|| `LOG_VIEW` || View revision logs of files and directories in the [wiki:TracBrowser repository browser] ||
     23|| `FILE_VIEW` || View files in the [wiki:TracBrowser repository browser] ||
     24|| `CHANGESET_VIEW` || View [wiki:TracChangeset repository check-ins] ||
     25
     26=== Ticket System ===
     27
     28|| `TICKET_VIEW` || View existing [wiki:TracTickets tickets] and perform [wiki:TracQuery ticket queries] ||
     29|| `TICKET_CREATE` || Create new [wiki:TracTickets tickets] ||
     30|| `TICKET_APPEND` || Add comments or attachments to [wiki:TracTickets tickets] ||
     31|| `TICKET_CHGPROP` || Modify [wiki:TracTickets ticket] properties (priority, assignment, keywords, etc.) except description field, cc field add/remove when logged in or set email to pref ||
     32|| `TICKET_MODIFY` || Includes both `TICKET_APPEND` and `TICKET_CHGPROP`, and in addition allows resolving [wiki:TracTickets tickets] ||
     33|| `TICKET_EDIT_CC` || Full modify cc field ||
     34|| `TICKET_EDIT_DESCRIPTION` || Modify description field ||
     35|| `TICKET_ADMIN` || All `TICKET_*` permissions, plus the deletion of ticket attachments and modification of the description field ||
     36
     37Attention: the "view tickets" button appears with the `REPORT_VIEW` permission.
     38
     39=== Roadmap ===
     40
     41|| `MILESTONE_VIEW` || View a milestone ||
     42|| `MILESTONE_CREATE` || Create a new milestone ||
     43|| `MILESTONE_MODIFY` || Modify existing milestones ||
     44|| `MILESTONE_DELETE` || Delete milestones ||
     45|| `MILESTONE_ADMIN` || All `MILESTONE_*` permissions ||
     46|| `ROADMAP_VIEW` || View the [wiki:TracRoadmap roadmap] page, is not (yet) the same as MILESTONE_VIEW, see #4292 ||
     47|| `ROADMAP_ADMIN` || to be removed with #3022, replaced by MILESTONE_ADMIN ||
     48
     49=== Reports ===
     50
     51|| `REPORT_VIEW` || View [wiki:TracReports reports], i.e. the "view tickets" link. ||
     52|| `REPORT_SQL_VIEW` || View the underlying SQL query of a [wiki:TracReports report] ||
     53|| `REPORT_CREATE` || Create new [wiki:TracReports reports] ||
     54|| `REPORT_MODIFY` || Modify existing [wiki:TracReports reports] ||
     55|| `REPORT_DELETE` || Delete [wiki:TracReports reports] ||
     56|| `REPORT_ADMIN` || All `REPORT_*` permissions ||
     57
     58=== Wiki System ===
     59
     60|| `WIKI_VIEW` || View existing [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages ||
     61|| `WIKI_CREATE` || Create new [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages ||
     62|| `WIKI_MODIFY` || Change [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages ||
     63|| `WIKI_DELETE` || Delete [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages and attachments ||
     64|| `WIKI_ADMIN` || All `WIKI_*` permissions, plus the management of ''readonly'' pages. ||
     65
     66=== Permissions ===
     67
     68|| `PERMISSION_GRANT` || add/grant a permission ||
     69|| `PERMISSION_REVOKE` || remove/revoke a permission ||
     70|| `PERMISSION_ADMIN` || All `PERMISSION_*` permissions ||
     71
     72
     73=== Others ===
     74
     75|| `TIMELINE_VIEW` || View the [wiki:TracTimeline timeline] page ||
     76|| `SEARCH_VIEW` || View and execute [wiki:TracSearch search] queries ||
     77|| `CONFIG_VIEW` || Enables additional pages on ''About Trac'' that show the current configuration or the list of installed plugins ||
     78|| `EMAIL_VIEW` || Shows email addresses even if [wiki:0.11/TracIni `trac show_email_addresses` configuration option is `false`] ||
     79
     80== Granting Privileges ==
     81
     82You grant privileges to users using [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin]. The current set of privileges can be listed with the following command:
    3583{{{
    36   $ trac-admin /path/to/my.db permission list
     84  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission list
    3785}}}
    3886
    39 This command will let the user ''bob'' to delete reports:
    40 
     87This command will allow the user ''bob'' to delete reports:
    4188{{{
    42   $ trac-admin /path/to/my.db permission add bob REPORT_DELETE
     89  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob REPORT_DELETE
    4390}}}
    4491
    45 === Default permissions ===
     92The `permission add` command also accepts multiple privilege names:
     93{{{
     94  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob REPORT_DELETE WIKI_CREATE
     95}}}
    4696
    47 Granting privileges to the special user ''anonymous'' can be used to control
    48 what an anonymous user can do before they have logged in.
     97Or add all privileges:
     98{{{
     99  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob TRAC_ADMIN
     100}}}
    49101
    50 In the same way, privileges granted to the special user ''authenticated'' will apply to any authenticated (logged in) user.
     102== Permission Groups ==
     103
     104There are two built-in groups, "authenticated" and "anonymous".[[BR]]
     105Any user who has not logged in is automatically in the "anonymous" group.[[BR]]
     106Any user who has logged in is also in the "authenticated" group.[[BR]]
     107The "authenticated" group inherits permissions from the "anonymous" group.[[BR]]
     108eg. if the "anonymous" group has permission WIKI_MODIFY, it's not necessary to add the WIKI_MODIFY permisison to the "authenticated" group as well.
     109
     110Custom groups may be defined that inherit permissions from the two built-in groups.
     111
     112Permissions can be grouped together to form roles such as ''developer'', ''admin'', etc.
     113{{{
     114  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add developer WIKI_ADMIN
     115  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add developer REPORT_ADMIN
     116  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add developer TICKET_MODIFY
     117  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob developer
     118  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add john developer
     119}}}
     120
     121Group membership can be checked by doing a {{{permission list}}} with no further arguments; the resulting output will include group memberships. '''Use lowercase for group names, as uppercase is reserved for permissions'''.
     122
     123== Adding a New Group and Permissions ==
     124Permission groups can be created by assigning a user to a group you wish to create, then assign permissions to that group.
     125
     126The following will add ''bob'' to the new group called ''beta_testers'' and then will assign WIKI_ADMIN permissions to that group. (Thus, ''bob'' will inherit the WIKI_ADMIN permission)
     127{{{
     128   $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob beta_testers
     129   $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add beta_testers WIKI_ADMIN
     130
     131}}}
     132
     133== Removing Permissions ==
     134
     135Permissions can be removed using the 'remove' command. For example:
     136
     137This command will prevent the user ''bob'' from deleting reports:
     138{{{
     139  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission remove bob REPORT_DELETE
     140}}}
     141
     142Just like `permission add`, this command accepts multiple privilege names.
     143
     144You can also remove all privileges for a specific user:
     145{{{
     146  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission remove bob '*'
     147}}}
     148
     149Or one privilege for all users:
     150{{{
     151  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission remove '*' REPORT_ADMIN
     152}}}
     153
     154== Default Permissions ==
     155
     156By default on a new Trac installation, the `anonymous` user will have ''view'' access to everything in Trac, but will not be able to create or modify anything.
     157On the other hand, the `authenticated` users will have the permissions to ''create and modify tickets and wiki pages''.
     158
     159 '''anonymous'''::
     160 BROWSER_VIEW
     161 CHANGESET_VIEW
     162 FILE_VIEW
     163 LOG_VIEW
     164 MILESTONE_VIEW
     165 REPORT_SQL_VIEW
     166 REPORT_VIEW
     167 ROADMAP_VIEW
     168 SEARCH_VIEW
     169 TICKET_VIEW
     170 TIMELINE_VIEW
     171 WIKI_VIEW
     172
     173 '''authenticated'''::
     174 TICKET_CREATE
     175 TICKET_MODIFY
     176 WIKI_CREATE
     177 WIKI_MODIFY 
     178
     179----
     180See also: TracAdmin, TracGuide and TracFineGrainedPermissions