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| -rw-r--r-- | ipalib/plugins/permission.py | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ipalib/plugins/privilege.py | 17 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/ipalib/plugins/permission.py b/ipalib/plugins/permission.py index 784b4dae5..db063334f 100644 --- a/ipalib/plugins/permission.py +++ b/ipalib/plugins/permission.py @@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ """ Permissions -A permission enables fine-grained delegation of permissions. Access Control -Rules, or instructions (ACIs), grant permission to permissions to perform -given tasks such as adding a user, modifying a group, etc. +A permission enables fine-grained delegation of rights. A permission is +a human-readable form of a 389-ds Access Control Rule, or instruction (ACI). +A permission grants the right to perform a specific task such as adding a +user, modifying a group, etc. -A permission may not be members of other permissions. +A permission may not contain other permissions. * A permissions grants access to read, write, add or delete. * A privilege combines similar permissions (for example all the permissions diff --git a/ipalib/plugins/privilege.py b/ipalib/plugins/privilege.py index 0b451635e..3be466483 100644 --- a/ipalib/plugins/privilege.py +++ b/ipalib/plugins/privilege.py @@ -19,11 +19,20 @@ """ Privileges -A privilege enables fine-grained delegation of permissions. Access Control -Rules, or instructions (ACIs), grant permission to privileges to perform -given tasks such as adding a user, modifying a group, etc. +A privilege combines permissions into a logical task. A permission provides +the rights to do a single task. There are some IPA operations that require +multiple permissions to succeed. A privilege is where permissions are +combined in order to perform a specific task. -A privilege may not be members of other privileges. +For example, adding a user requires the following permissions: + * Creating a new user entry + * Resetting a user password + * Adding the new user to the default IPA users group + +Combining these three low-level tasks into a higher level task in the +form of a privilege named "Add User" makes it easier to manage Roles. + +A privilege may not contain other privileges. See role and permission for additional information. """ |