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Posted to user@couchdb.apache.org by Gregor Martynus <gr...@martynus.net> on 2012/11/12 12:45:40 UTC
confused about database/_security groups
In the docs, two groups are mentioned that have a meaning in the _security object, "admins" and "readers":
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Security_Features_Overview#Authorization
But when I update the _security object using futon in CouchDB 1.2, a "members" group gets created, instead of "readers".
Is one of these deprecated? Are they interchangeable? Is there a reference of all possible settings for the _security object?
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Gregor
Re: confused about database/_security groups
Posted by Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>.
Ah yes, the code suggests that readers is kept around for backwards compatibility.
Cheers
Jan
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On Nov 12, 2012, at 13:13 , Gregor Martynus <gr...@martynus.net> wrote:
> I cannot verify that it's a breaking change, from my tests both has the same effect: "members" and "readers" in _security. So my guess is that "readers" is deprecated, but still working?
>
> --
> Gregor Martynus
>
>
> On Monday, 12. November 2012 at 13:09, Jan Lehnardt wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 12, 2012, at 12:45 , Gregor Martynus <gregor@martynus.net (mailto:gregor@martynus.net)> wrote:
>>
>>> In the docs, two groups are mentioned that have a meaning in the _security object, "admins" and "readers":
>>> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Security_Features_Overview#Authorization
>>>
>>> But when I update the _security object using futon in CouchDB 1.2, a "members" group gets created, instead of "readers".
>>>
>>> Is one of these deprecated? Are they interchangeable? Is there a reference of all possible settings for the _security object?
>>
>> The change was made here: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1039619
>>
>> I believe this is in 1.2.0 only, and not mentioned in http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Breaking_changes#Changes_Between_1.1.0_and_1.2.0 or the wiki, which we should totally fix.
>>
>> Could you verify and update the two wiki pages?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jan
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>>
>>
>
>
Re: confused about database/_security groups
Posted by Gregor Martynus <gr...@martynus.net>.
I cannot verify that it's a breaking change, from my tests both has the same effect: "members" and "readers" in _security. So my guess is that "readers" is deprecated, but still working?
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Gregor Martynus
On Monday, 12. November 2012 at 13:09, Jan Lehnardt wrote:
>
> On Nov 12, 2012, at 12:45 , Gregor Martynus <gregor@martynus.net (mailto:gregor@martynus.net)> wrote:
>
> > In the docs, two groups are mentioned that have a meaning in the _security object, "admins" and "readers":
> > http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Security_Features_Overview#Authorization
> >
> > But when I update the _security object using futon in CouchDB 1.2, a "members" group gets created, instead of "readers".
> >
> > Is one of these deprecated? Are they interchangeable? Is there a reference of all possible settings for the _security object?
>
> The change was made here: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1039619
>
> I believe this is in 1.2.0 only, and not mentioned in http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Breaking_changes#Changes_Between_1.1.0_and_1.2.0 or the wiki, which we should totally fix.
>
> Could you verify and update the two wiki pages?
>
> Cheers
> Jan
> --
>
>
Re: confused about database/_security groups
Posted by Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>.
On Nov 12, 2012, at 12:45 , Gregor Martynus <gr...@martynus.net> wrote:
> In the docs, two groups are mentioned that have a meaning in the _security object, "admins" and "readers":
> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Security_Features_Overview#Authorization
>
> But when I update the _security object using futon in CouchDB 1.2, a "members" group gets created, instead of "readers".
>
> Is one of these deprecated? Are they interchangeable? Is there a reference of all possible settings for the _security object?
The change was made here: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1039619
I believe this is in 1.2.0 only, and not mentioned in http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Breaking_changes#Changes_Between_1.1.0_and_1.2.0 or the wiki, which we should totally fix.
Could you verify and update the two wiki pages?
Cheers
Jan
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