Feature Request/Idea: allow disabling of :authenticated-users meta-group
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Java
- Stars
- 1.1k
- Forks
- 564
- Avg merge
- 2d 2h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 29
Description
Overview of the Feature Request
Some installations might like to disallow the use of the :authenticated-users meta-group, which at present is always available. For instance, an installation might wish to prevent a collection owner from allowing :authenticated-users to add content to their collection, which may be overly broad and result in unintended consequences.
What kind of user is the feature intended for?
I'm imagining a database setting: :DisableAuthenticatedUsers or, if there are more meta-groups, perhaps a :DisabledGroups list?
What inspired the request?
Users assigning :authenticated-users roles on their collections.
What existing behavior do you want changed?
Depending on users not to assign :authenticated-users roles on their collections.
Any brand new behavior do you want to add to Dataverse?
It's more a matter of behavior I'd like to prevent.
Any related open or closed issues to this feature request?
I didn't see any, except that this issue may be the inverse of #4515
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by examining how the :authenticated-users meta-group and collection roles are handled, then review related issue #4515; done would require an agreed configuration setting that prevents assigning this meta-group without disrupting other group behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- authorization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100