Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of TracFineGrainedPermissions


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13/10/2010 10:12:53 (14 years ago)
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    33Before Trac 0.11, it was only possible to define fine-grained permissions checks on the repository browser sub-system.
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    5 Since 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.
     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.
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    7 Note that for Trac 0.12, `authz_policy` has been integrated in trunk branch as `tracopt.perm.authz_policy.*`
     7Note that for Trac 0.12, `authz_policy` has been integrated as an optional module (in `tracopt.perm.authz_policy.*`), so it's installed by default and can simply be activated via the //Plugins// panel in the Trac administration module.
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    910== Permission Policies ==
    1011
    11 === !AuthzPolicy ===
     12A great diversity of permission policies can be implemented, and Trac comes with a few examples.
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    13 An example policy based on an Authz-style system has been added. See
    14 [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.)
     14Which policies are currently active is determined by a configuration setting in TracIni:
     15e.g.
     16{{{
     17[trac]
     18permission_policies = AuthzSourcePolicy, DefaultPermissionPolicy, LegacyAttachmentPolicy
     19}}}
     20This lists the [#AuthzSourcePolicy] described below as the first policy, followed by the !DefaultPermissionPolicy which checks for the traditional coarse grained style permissions described in TracPermissions, and the !LegacyAttachmentPolicy which knows how to use the coarse grained permissions for checking the permissions available on attachments.
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     22Among the possible optional choices, there is [#AuthzPolicy], a very generic permission policy, based on an Authz-style system. See
     23[trac:source:branches/0.12-stable/tracopt/perm/authz_policy.py authz_policy.py] for details.
     24
     25Another popular permission policy [#AuthzSourcePolicy], re-implements the pre-0.12 support for checking fine-grained permissions limited to Subversion repositories in terms of the new system.
     26
     27See also [trac:source:branches/0.12-stable/sample-plugins/permissions sample-plugins/permissions] for more examples.
     28
     29
     30=== !AuthzPolicy ===
    1531
    1632 - Install [http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html ConfigObj] (required).
     
    3349[components]
    3450...
    35 authz_policy.* = enabled
     51# Trac 0.12
     52tracopt.perm.authz_policy.* = enabled
     53# for Trac 0.11 use this
     54#authz_policy.* = enabled
    3655}}}
    3756
     
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    68 === mod_authz_svn-like permission policy ===
     87=== !AuthzSourcePolicy  (mod_authz_svn-like permission policy) === #AuthzSourcePolicy
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    70 At 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.
     89At the time of this writing, the old fine grained permissions system from Trac 0.11 and before used for restricting access to the repository has been converted to a permission policy component, but from the user point of view, this makes little if no difference.
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    7291That kind of fine-grained permission control needs a definition file, which is the one used by Subversion's mod_authz_svn.
     
    119138'''Note:''' Usernames inside the Authz file __must__ be the same as those used inside trac.
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     140As of version 0.12, make sure you have ''!AuthzSourcePolicy'' included in the permission_policies list in trac.ini, otherwise the authz permissions file will be ignored.
     141
     142{{{
     143[trac]
     144permission_policies = AuthzSourcePolicy, DefaultPermissionPolicy, LegacyAttachmentPolicy
     145}}}
     146
    121147==== Subversion Configuration ====
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    134160For information about how to restrict access to entire projects in a multiple project environment see [trac:wiki:TracMultipleProjectsSVNAccess]
    135161
    136 == Getting TracFineGrainedPermissions to work ==
     162== Debugging permissions
     163In trac.ini set:
     164{{{
     165[logging]
     166log_file = trac.log
     167log_level = DEBUG
     168log_type = file
     169}}}
    137170
    138 Don't forget to restart Trac engine to apply new configuration if you are running tracd standalone server.
     171And watch:
     172{{{
     173tail -n 0 -f log/trac.log | egrep '\[perm\]|\[authz_policy\]'
     174}}}
     175
     176to understand what checks are being performed. See the sourced documentation of the plugin for more info.
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