From b5e43bb866392a70d775f31994f7e856972956b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Crittenden Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:24:41 -0500 Subject: Make permission and privilege help text clearer ticket 996 --- ipalib/plugins/permission.py | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'ipalib/plugins/permission.py') diff --git a/ipalib/plugins/permission.py b/ipalib/plugins/permission.py index 784b4dae..db063334 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 -- cgit