X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/a847c48edba67805cff0104386845be799d74073..12b7a5c3693734b902aad0b928218de4e72bc4ab:/doc/api/permission-model.html.textile.liquid?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/api/permission-model.html.textile.liquid b/doc/api/permission-model.html.textile.liquid index 54c4a33316..82e8128c6e 100644 --- a/doc/api/permission-model.html.textile.liquid +++ b/doc/api/permission-model.html.textile.liquid @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ There are four levels of permission: *none*, *can_read*, *can_write*, and *can_m h2. Ownership -All Arvados objects have an @owner_uuid@ field. Valid uuid types for @owner_uuid@ are "User" and "Group". For Group, the @group_class@ must be a "project". +All Arvados objects have an @owner_uuid@ field. Valid uuid types for @owner_uuid@ are "User" and "Group". In the case of a Group, the @group_class@ must be "project". The User or Group specified by @owner_uuid@ has *can_manage* permission on the object. This permission is one way: an object that is owned does not get any special permissions on the User or Group that owns it. @@ -63,9 +63,15 @@ h2. Projects and Roles A "project" is a subtype of Group that is displayed as a "Project" in Workbench, and as a directory by @arv-mount@. * A project can own things (appear in @owner_uuid@) * A project can be owned by a user or another project. -* The name of a project is unique only among projects with the same owner_uuid. +* The name of a project is unique only among projects and filters with the same owner_uuid. * Projects can be targets (@head_uuid@) of permission links, but not origins (@tail_uuid@). Putting a project in a @tail_uuid@ field is an error. +A "filter" is a subtype of Group that is displayed as a "Project" in Workbench, and as a directory by @arv-mount@. See "the groups API documentation":/api/methods/groups.html for more information. +* A filter group cannot own things (cannot appear in @owner_uuid@). Putting a filter group in an @owner_uuid@ field is an error. +* A filter group can be owned by a user or a project. +* The name of a filter is unique only among projects and filters with the same owner_uuid. +* Filters can be targets (@head_uuid@) of permission links, but not origins (@tail_uuid@). Putting a filter in a @tail_uuid@ field is an error. + A "role" is a subtype of Group that is treated in Workbench as a group of users who have permissions in common (typically an organizational group). * A role cannot own things (cannot appear in @owner_uuid@). Putting a role in an @owner_uuid@ field is an error. * All roles are owned by the system user.