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     1= Trac Permissions = 
     2[[TracGuideToc]] 
     3 
     4Trac uses a simple, case sensitive, permission system to control what users can and can't access. 
     5 
     6Permission privileges are managed using the [TracAdmin trac-admin] tool or (new in version 0.11) the ''General / Permissions'' panel in the ''Admin'' tab of the web interface. 
     7 
     8In addition to the default permission policy described in this page, it is possible to activate additional permission policies by enabling plugins and listing them in the `[trac] permission_policies` configuration entry in the TracIni. See TracFineGrainedPermissions for more details. 
     9 
     10Non-authenticated users accessing the system are assigned the name "anonymous". Assign permissions to the "anonymous" user to set privileges for anonymous/guest users. The parts of Trac that a user does not have the privileges for will not be displayed in the navigation. 
     11In addition to these privileges, users can be granted additional individual rights in effect when authenticated and logged into the system. All logged in users belong to the virtual group "authenticated", which inherits permissions from "anonymous". 
     12 
     13== Graphical Admin Tab == 
     14''This feature is new in version 0.11.'' 
     15 
     16To access this tab, a user must have `TRAC_ADMIN privileges`. This can be performed as follows (more on the trac-admin script below): 
     17{{{ 
     18  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob TRAC_ADMIN 
     19}}} 
     20 
     21Then, the user `bob` will be able to see the Admin tab, and can then access the permissions menu. This menu will allow you to perform all the following actions, but from the browser without requiring root access to the server (just the correct permissions for your user account). 
     22 
     23 
     24An easy way to quickly secure a new Trac install is to run the above command on the anonymous user, install the [http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/AccountManagerPlugin AccountManagerPlugin], create a new admin account graphically and then remove the TRAC_ADMIN permission from the anonymous user. 
     25 
     26== Available Privileges == 
     27 
     28To enable all privileges for a user, use the `TRAC_ADMIN` permission. Having `TRAC_ADMIN` is like being `root` on a *NIX system: it will allow you to perform any operation. 
     29 
     30Otherwise, individual privileges can be assigned to users for the various different functional areas of Trac ('''note that the privilege names are case-sensitive'''): 
     31 
     32=== Repository Browser === 
     33 
     34|| `BROWSER_VIEW` || View directory listings in the [wiki:TracBrowser repository browser] || 
     35|| `LOG_VIEW` || View revision logs of files and directories in the [wiki:TracBrowser repository browser] || 
     36|| `FILE_VIEW` || View files in the [wiki:TracBrowser repository browser] || 
     37|| `CHANGESET_VIEW` || View [wiki:TracChangeset repository check-ins] || 
     38 
     39=== Ticket System === 
     40 
     41|| `TICKET_VIEW` || View existing [wiki:TracTickets tickets] and perform [wiki:TracQuery ticket queries] || 
     42|| `TICKET_CREATE` || Create new [wiki:TracTickets tickets] || 
     43|| `TICKET_APPEND` || Add comments or attachments to [wiki:TracTickets tickets] || 
     44|| `TICKET_CHGPROP` || Modify [wiki:TracTickets ticket] properties (priority, assignment, keywords, etc.) with the following exceptions: edit description field, add/remove other users from cc field when logged in, and set email to pref || 
     45|| `TICKET_MODIFY` || Includes both `TICKET_APPEND` and `TICKET_CHGPROP`, and in addition allows resolving [wiki:TracTickets tickets]. Tickets can be assigned to users through a [TracTickets#Assign-toasDrop-DownList drop-down list] when the list of possible owners has been restricted. || 
     46|| `TICKET_EDIT_CC` || Full modify cc field || 
     47|| `TICKET_EDIT_DESCRIPTION` || Modify description field || 
     48|| `TICKET_ADMIN` || All `TICKET_*` permissions, plus the deletion of ticket attachments and modification of the reporter and description fields. It also allows managing ticket properties in the WebAdmin panel. || 
     49 
     50Attention: the "view tickets" button appears with the `REPORT_VIEW` permission. 
     51 
     52=== Roadmap === 
     53 
     54|| `MILESTONE_VIEW` || View milestones and assign tickets to milestones. || 
     55|| `MILESTONE_CREATE` || Create a new milestone || 
     56|| `MILESTONE_MODIFY` || Modify existing milestones || 
     57|| `MILESTONE_DELETE` || Delete milestones || 
     58|| `MILESTONE_ADMIN` || All `MILESTONE_*` permissions || 
     59|| `ROADMAP_VIEW` || View the [wiki:TracRoadmap roadmap] page, is not (yet) the same as MILESTONE_VIEW, see [trac:#4292 #4292] || 
     60|| `ROADMAP_ADMIN` || to be removed with [trac:#3022 #3022], replaced by MILESTONE_ADMIN || 
     61 
     62=== Reports === 
     63 
     64|| `REPORT_VIEW` || View [wiki:TracReports reports], i.e. the "view tickets" link. || 
     65|| `REPORT_SQL_VIEW` || View the underlying SQL query of a [wiki:TracReports report] || 
     66|| `REPORT_CREATE` || Create new [wiki:TracReports reports] || 
     67|| `REPORT_MODIFY` || Modify existing [wiki:TracReports reports] || 
     68|| `REPORT_DELETE` || Delete [wiki:TracReports reports] || 
     69|| `REPORT_ADMIN` || All `REPORT_*` permissions || 
     70 
     71=== Wiki System === 
     72 
     73|| `WIKI_VIEW` || View existing [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages || 
     74|| `WIKI_CREATE` || Create new [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages || 
     75|| `WIKI_MODIFY` || Change [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages || 
     76|| `WIKI_DELETE` || Delete [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages and attachments || 
     77|| `WIKI_ADMIN` || All `WIKI_*` permissions, plus the management of ''readonly'' pages. || 
     78 
     79=== Permissions === 
     80 
     81|| `PERMISSION_GRANT` || add/grant a permission || 
     82|| `PERMISSION_REVOKE` || remove/revoke a permission || 
     83|| `PERMISSION_ADMIN` || All `PERMISSION_*` permissions || 
     84 
     85 
     86=== Others === 
     87 
     88|| `TIMELINE_VIEW` || View the [wiki:TracTimeline timeline] page || 
     89|| `SEARCH_VIEW` || View and execute [wiki:TracSearch search] queries || 
     90|| `CONFIG_VIEW` || Enables additional pages on ''About Trac'' that show the current configuration or the list of installed plugins || 
     91|| `EMAIL_VIEW` || Shows email addresses even if [trac:wiki:0.11/TracIni trac show_email_addresses configuration option is false] || 
     92 
     93== Granting Privileges == 
     94 
     95You grant privileges to users using [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin]. The current set of privileges can be listed with the following command: 
     96{{{ 
     97  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission list 
     98}}} 
     99 
     100This command will allow the user ''bob'' to delete reports: 
     101{{{ 
     102  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob REPORT_DELETE 
     103}}} 
     104 
     105The `permission add` command also accepts multiple privilege names: 
     106{{{ 
     107  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob REPORT_DELETE WIKI_CREATE 
     108}}} 
     109 
     110Or add all privileges: 
     111{{{ 
     112  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob TRAC_ADMIN 
     113}}} 
     114 
     115== Permission Groups == 
     116 
     117There are two built-in groups, "authenticated" and "anonymous".[[BR]] 
     118Any user who has not logged in is automatically in the "anonymous" group.[[BR]] 
     119Any user who has logged in is also in the "authenticated" group.[[BR]] 
     120The "authenticated" group inherits permissions from the "anonymous" group.[[BR]] 
     121eg. if the "anonymous" group has permission WIKI_MODIFY, it's not necessary to add the WIKI_MODIFY permisison to the "authenticated" group as well. 
     122 
     123Custom groups may be defined that inherit permissions from the two built-in groups. 
     124 
     125Permissions can be grouped together to form roles such as ''developer'', ''admin'', etc. 
     126{{{ 
     127  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add developer WIKI_ADMIN 
     128  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add developer REPORT_ADMIN 
     129  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add developer TICKET_MODIFY 
     130  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob developer 
     131  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add john developer 
     132}}} 
     133 
     134Group membership can be checked by doing a {{{permission list}}} with no further arguments; the resulting output will include group memberships. '''Use lowercase for group names, as uppercase is reserved for permissions'''. 
     135 
     136== Adding a New Group and Permissions == 
     137Permission groups can be created by assigning a user to a group you wish to create, then assign permissions to that group. 
     138 
     139The following will add ''bob'' to the new group called ''beta_testers'' and then will assign WIKI_ADMIN permissions to that group. (Thus, ''bob'' will inherit the WIKI_ADMIN permission) 
     140{{{  
     141   $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob beta_testers 
     142   $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add beta_testers WIKI_ADMIN 
     143 
     144}}} 
     145 
     146== Removing Permissions == 
     147 
     148Permissions can be removed using the 'remove' command. For example: 
     149 
     150This command will prevent the user ''bob'' from deleting reports: 
     151{{{ 
     152  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission remove bob REPORT_DELETE 
     153}}} 
     154 
     155Just like `permission add`, this command accepts multiple privilege names. 
     156 
     157You can also remove all privileges for a specific user: 
     158{{{ 
     159  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission remove bob '*' 
     160}}} 
     161 
     162Or one privilege for all users: 
     163{{{ 
     164  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission remove '*' REPORT_ADMIN 
     165}}} 
     166 
     167== Default Permissions == 
     168 
     169By default on a new Trac installation, the `anonymous` user will have ''view'' access to everything in Trac, but will not be able to create or modify anything. 
     170On the other hand, the `authenticated` users will have the permissions to ''create and modify tickets and wiki pages''. 
     171 
     172'''anonymous''' 
     173{{{ 
     174 BROWSER_VIEW  
     175 CHANGESET_VIEW  
     176 FILE_VIEW  
     177 LOG_VIEW  
     178 MILESTONE_VIEW  
     179 REPORT_SQL_VIEW  
     180 REPORT_VIEW  
     181 ROADMAP_VIEW  
     182 SEARCH_VIEW  
     183 TICKET_VIEW  
     184 TIMELINE_VIEW 
     185 WIKI_VIEW 
     186}}} 
     187 
     188'''authenticated''' 
     189{{{ 
     190 TICKET_CREATE  
     191 TICKET_MODIFY  
     192 WIKI_CREATE  
     193 WIKI_MODIFY   
     194}}} 
     195---- 
     196See also: TracAdmin, TracGuide and TracFineGrainedPermissions