[ovirt-users] Re: Is there a way to tell whether a permission set for a VM is inherited using REST API?

Hi Ondra, thanks a lot! This info really helps. I will be using the direct link as a workaround for now and will check future versions for the fix. Best regards, Anton. On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 10:06 AM Ondra Machacek <omachace(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Actually this is bug, as I see we fill the <vm > tag for all > permissions, even for inherited permissions, but it should be set only > for direct permissions, that's how you would distinguish it. Same as you > say you can do it via following the specific permission id. > > So I am afraid there is no effective way, unfortunatelly. If you don't > have many users, you can list users permissions and find if it has > permission for your VM, which would mean it has direct permission on a > VM. > > On 22/04/2019 12:03, Anton E wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > > > My question is in the subject for the most part. > > I'm trying to backup a vm parameters, including the linked attributes, > namely the permissions. But I don't want the inherited permissions to be > included into the backup, I only need the attributes specific to the vm. It > looks like there is no difference between the inherited and the vm-specific > permissions in the output from /ovirt-engine/api/vms/<vm-id>/permissions > service. > > > > What is the best way to distinguish the specific permissions from the > inherited ones? It seems I can follow the link to the particular permission > and see whether the vm attribute is set on it and it points to the VM I > need, but that would require numerous REST requests to be done. Is there a > more elegant way? Maybe I can somehow filter the output of > /ovirt-engine/api/vms/<vm-id>/permissions to only include the required info? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Best regards, > > Anton. > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org > > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ > > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/AVHAC4SSJWV... > > >