(v2.3) Administrator permissions
- Pavel Novák
Different application administrators may have different permissions assigned. So it is possible for example to create an administrator, which will only have the necessary permissions to handle packages (check and release from quarantine, restore deleted, etc.), but will not be able to change the settings. Or on the contrary an administrator, who will only handle the application settings and will not have access to packages and their contents.
The permissions, which may be granted to or revoked from each administrator, are as follows:
Administrator management
An administrator with this permission may create new administrators, edit existing ones, including their permissions, or delete existing ones. So he has the right to perform all actions in:
But because this allows the administrator to edit all permissions of all administrators, including himself, this permission is in fact above all others and means the highest privileges. Since version 2.1 this is therefore clearly indicated and granting this permission means automatically granting all others.
User management
This permission allows an administrator to manage the users of the application. That means creating new local users, edit existing ones, change their passwords, or delete them. He can also manage API tokens, because the tokens are always bound to a specific user. So the administrator can perform all actions in:
Access to logs
Administrator accounts with this permission have full access to Audit Logs and also to setting a syslog target, where copies of all audit log messages are sent. So such an administrator can:
Set a syslog target in Settings - Configuration - Logging
View and search application Audit Log
Application settings
This permission allows administrators to perform complete configuration of the application, with the exception of features and sections defined in the other permissions. So an administrator with this permission can do all actions in:
Encryption settings
As a prerequisite this permission requires the permission “application settings“ above. It allows the administrator to access and modify the settings related to encryption, located in section:
Access to list of packages and it's metadata
The permission to view information about packages - view package lists and details of specific packages. This permission does not allow the administrator to perform any actions on the packages, nor download the packages contents. It allows to view:
Access to files of packages
As a prerequisite this permission requires the permission “access to list of packages and it's metadata” described above. It allows the administrator to download all package files, create ZIP archives from packages and download them.
Package management
As a prerequisite this permission requires the permission “access to list of packages and it's metadata” described above. It further allows the administrator to perform all package actions (like release from quarantine, delete, restore deleted, etc.) except de/encryption.
Encrypt / decrypt package
As a prerequisite this permission requires the permission “Package management” described above. It further allows the administrator to perform decryption or encryption of selected packages at will.