nextcloud / nextcloud/server

Option to exclude native groups to share with for security perspective

Open
#49,198 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

0. Needs triage enhancement
Dominant language
PHP
Stars
36.9k
Forks
5.2k
Avg merge
2d 3h
Merged PRs (30d)
713

Description

Certain application or configuration options require the use of groups.
Think of enabling certain apps for a specific group of the option to restrict autocomplete with sharing for only users in a specific group.
When you make use of these options, it can only result in large groups.
When someone accidentally shares data with such a group then, it can have data impact in addition to large system impact.

Describe the solution you'd like
Possibility to explicitly exclude certain system groups from sharing with is then convenient.
Option to define a list of groups, which you use for system configuration options and not for sharing purposes.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Review how system groups are used by application or configuration options and by sharing, then identify the relevant entry points for enforcing an exclusion list. Done means maintainers can define groups reserved for system configuration and those groups cannot be selected for sharing.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
authorization, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.