goauthentik / goauthentik/authentik
No permission exists to allow a user to reset other user's passwords without also being able to set the user's password directly
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I'd like to be able to configure an "operator" role in authentik such that the operator can reset another user's password (i.e. either send a recovery email, or generate a recovery link) without being able to _set_ the user's password directly.
Having looked through the authentik source code, it appears that such a configuration is not possible right now – the `authentik_core.reset_user_password` permissions is checked in all three API endpoints.
Would the authentik team be open to splitting the `authentik_core.reset_user_password` permission into two separate permissions? Perhaps `authentik_core.reset_user_password` and `authentik_core.set_user_password`?
I realise that by virtue of being able to generate a recovery link, a malicious "operator" in this example would be able to go through the recovery flow themselves and set the user's password. In my use case, I don't have any expectation of increased security, I am mostly trying to discourage / prevent accidental usage of the "set password" feature in favour of the recovery flow.
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