Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of TracFineGrainedPermissions


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Nov 27, 2008 1:30:31 AM (16 years ago)
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     1= Fine grained permissions =
     2
     3Before Trac 0.11, it was only possible to define fine-grained permissions checks on the repository browser sub-system.
     4
     5Since 0.11, there's a general mechanism in place that allows custom permission policy plugins to grant or deny any action on any kind of Trac resources, even at the level of specific versions of such resources.
     6
     7== Permission Policies ==
     8
     9=== !AuthzPolicy ===
     10
     11An example policy based on an Authz-style system has been added. See
     12[trac:source:branches/0.11-stable/sample-plugins/permissions/authz_policy.py authz_policy.py] for details (current version requires >= Python 2.4). (See also [trac:source:branches/0.11-stable/sample-plugins/permissions sample-plugins/permissions] for more samples.)
     13
     14 - Install [http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html ConfigObj] (required).
     15 - Copy authz_policy.py into your plugins directory.
     16 - Put a [http://swapoff.org/files/authzpolicy.conf authzpolicy.conf] file somewhere (preferably on a secured location on the server, not readable for others than the webuser.
     17 - Update your `trac.ini`:
     18{{{
     19[trac]
     20...
     21permission_policies = AuthzPolicy, DefaultPermissionPolicy, LegacyAttachmentPolicy
     22
     23[authz_policy]
     24authz_file = /some/trac/env/conf/authzpolicy.conf
     25
     26[components]
     27...
     28authz_policy = enabled
     29}}}
     30
     31Note that the order in which permission policies are specified is quite critical,
     32as policies will be examined in the sequence provided.
     33
     34A policy will return either `True`, `False` or `None` for a given permission check.
     35Only if the return value is `None` will the ''next'' permission policy be consulted.
     36If no policy explicitly grants the permission, the final result will be `False`
     37(i.e. no permission).
     38
     39For example, if the `authz_file` contains:
     40{{{
     41[wiki:WikiStart@*]
     42* = WIKI_VIEW
     43
     44[wiki:PrivatePage@*]
     45john = WIKI_VIEW
     46* =
     47}}}
     48and the default permissions are set like this:
     49{{{
     50john           WIKI_VIEW
     51jack           WIKI_VIEW
     52# anonymous has no WIKI_VIEW
     53}}}
     54
     55Then:
     56 - All versions of WikiStart will be viewable by everybody (including anonymous)
     57 - !PrivatePage will be viewable only by john
     58 - other pages will be viewable only by john and jack
     59
     60
     61=== mod_authz_svn-like permission policy ===
     62
     63At the time of this writing, the old fine grained permissions system from Trac 0.10 and before used for restricting access to the repository has not yet been converted to a permission policy component, but from the user point of view, this makes little if no difference.
     64
     65That kind of fine-grained permission control needs a definition file, which is the one used by Subversion's mod_authz_svn.
     66More information about this file format and about its usage in Subversion is available in the [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/svnbook/book.html#svn-ch-6-sect-4.4.2 Subversion Book (Per-Directory Access Control)].
     67
     68Example:
     69{{{
     70[/]
     71* = r
     72
     73[/branches/calc/bug-142]
     74harry = rw
     75sally = r
     76
     77[/branches/calc/bug-142/secret]
     78harry =
     79}}}
     80
     81 * '''/''' = ''Everyone has read access by default''
     82 * '''/branches/calc/bug-142''' = ''harry has read/write access, sally read only''
     83 * '''/branches/calc/bug-142/secret''' = ''harry has no access, sally has read access (inherited as a sub folder permission)''
     84
     85==== Trac Configuration ====
     86
     87To activate fine grained permissions you __must__ specify the {{{authz_file}}} option in the {{{[trac]}}} section of trac.ini. If this option is set to null or not specified the permissions will not be used.
     88
     89{{{
     90[trac]
     91authz_file = /path/to/svnaccessfile
     92}}}
     93
     94if you want to support the use of the `[`''modulename''`:/`''some''`/`''path''`]` syntax within the `authz_file`, add
     95
     96{{{
     97authz_module_name = modulename
     98}}}
     99
     100where ''modulename'' refers to the same repository indicated by the `repository_dir` entry in the `[trac]` section.
     101
     102'''Note:''' Usernames inside the Authz file __must__ be the same as those used inside trac.
     103
     104==== Subversion Configuration ====
     105
     106The same access file is typically applied to the corresponding Subversion repository using an Apache directive like this:
     107{{{
     108<Location /repos>
     109  DAV svn
     110  SVNParentPath /usr/local/svn
     111
     112  # our access control policy
     113  AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/svnaccessfile
     114</Location>
     115}}}
     116
     117For information about how to restrict access to entire projects in a multiple project environment see [trac:wiki:TracMultipleProjectsSVNAccess]
     118
     119== Getting TracFineGrainedPermissions to work ==
     120
     121Don't forget to restart Trac engine to apply new configuration if you are running tracd standalone server.
     122
     123----
     124See also: TracPermissions
     125http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/FineGrainedPageAuthzEditorPlugin for a simple editor plugin.