Re: [Engine-devel] Permissions involved in using REST API
On 11/11/2013 01:08 PM, Jonathan Daugherty wrote:
> the main difference between an 'admin' and a
'user' is that admin has
> read-only permission to see all objects in the system, and a user can
> only see objects they have permissions on.
But this distinction does not apply to API access, apparently; regular
users cannot access the API at all as far as I can tell. I wouldn't
mind giving API users 'admin' status if that's what it takes, but I'm
concerned about the meaning of 'admin' changing in the future.
regular users *can* access the API, they just need to pass the
filter:true in the request header.
I think the trouble here is that by doing it this way oVirt is presuming
what the access policy is by baking rights into the 'admin' status. On
a site-by-site basis the definition of 'admin' is going to vary.
Thanks,