Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of TracFineGrainedPermissions

Timestamp:

Aug 2, 2010, 3:26:14 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

trac

Comment:

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TracFineGrainedPermissions

@@ -4 +4 @@
 
 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.
+
+Note that for Trac 0.12, `authz_policy` has been integrated in trunk branch as `tracopt.perm.authz_policy.*`
 
 == Permission Policies ==
@@ -14 +16 @@
  - Install [http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html ConfigObj] (required).
  - Copy authz_policy.py into your plugins directory.
- - 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.
+ - 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. If the  file contains non-ASCII characters, the UTF-8 encoding should be used.
  - Update your `trac.ini`:
+   1. modify the [TracIni#trac-section permission_policies] entry in the `[trac]` section
 {{{
 [trac]
 ...
 permission_policies = AuthzPolicy, DefaultPermissionPolicy, LegacyAttachmentPolicy
-
+}}}
+   2. add a new `[authz_policy]` section
+{{{
 [authz_policy]
 authz_file = /some/trac/env/conf/authzpolicy.conf
-
+}}}
+   3. enable the single file plugin
+{{{
 [components]
 ...
-authz_policy = enabled
+authz_policy.* = enabled
 }}}
 
@@ -64 +71 @@
 
 That kind of fine-grained permission control needs a definition file, which is the one used by Subversion's mod_authz_svn. 
-More 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)].
+More information about this file format and about its usage in Subversion is available in the  [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.serverconfig.pathbasedauthz.html Path-Based Authorization] section in the Server Configuration chapter of the svn book.
 
 Example:
@@ -92 +99 @@
 }}}
 
-if you want to support the use of the `[`''modulename''`:/`''some''`/`''path''`]` syntax within the `authz_file`, add 
+If you want to support the use of the `[`''modulename''`:/`''some''`/`''path''`]` syntax within the `authz_file`, add 
 
 {{{
@@ -98 +105 @@
 }}}
 
-where ''modulename'' refers to the same repository indicated by the `repository_dir` entry in the `[trac]` section.
+where ''modulename'' refers to the same repository indicated by the `repository_dir` entry in the `[trac]` section. As an example, if the `repository_dir` entry in the `[trac]` section is {{{/srv/active/svn/blahblah}}}, that would yield the following:
+
+{{{ 
+[trac]
+authz_file = /path/to/svnaccessfile
+authz_module_name = blahblah
+...
+repository_dir = /srv/active/svn/blahblah 
+}}}
+
+where the svn access file, {{{/path/to/svnaccessfile}}}, contains entries such as {{{[blahblah:/some/path]}}}.
 
 '''Note:''' Usernames inside the Authz file __must__ be the same as those used inside trac. 
@@ -122 +139 @@
 
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-See also: TracPermissions
-http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/FineGrainedPageAuthzEditorPlugin for a simple editor plugin.
+See also: TracPermissions,
+[http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/FineGrainedPageAuthzEditorPlugin TracHacks:FineGrainedPageAuthzEditorPlugin] for a simple editor plugin.