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    1 = Trac Permissions =
     1= Trac Permissions
    22[[TracGuideToc]]
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    44Trac uses a simple, case sensitive, permission system to control what users can and can't access.
    55
    6 Permission 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.
     6Permission privileges are managed using the [TracAdmin trac-admin] tool or the ''General / Permissions'' panel in the ''Admin'' tab of the web interface.
    77
    88In 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.
     
    1111In 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".
    1212
    13 == Graphical Admin Tab ==
    14 ''This feature is new in version 0.11.''
    15 
    16 To access this tab, a user must have `TRAC_ADMIN privileges`. This can be performed as follows (more on the trac-admin script below):
     13== Graphical Admin Tab
     14
     15To access this tab, a user must have one of the following permissions: `TRAC_ADMIN`, `PERMISSION_ADMIN`, `PERMISSION_GRANT`, `PERMISSION_REVOKE`. The permissions can be granted using the `trac-admin` command (more on `trac-admin` below):
    1716{{{
    1817  $ trac-admin /path/to/projenv permission add bob TRAC_ADMIN
    1918}}}
    2019
    21 Then, 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 
     20Then, 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). '''Use at least one lowercase character in user names, as all-uppercase names are reserved for permissions.'''
     21
     22 1. [[Image(htdocs:../common/guide/admin.png)]]
     23 1. [[Image(htdocs:../common/guide/admin-permissions.png)]]
     24 1. [[Image(htdocs:../common/guide/admin-permissions-TICKET_ADMIN.png)]]
    2325
    2426An 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.
    2527
    26 == Available Privileges ==
     28From the graphical admin tab, users with `PERMISSION_GRANT` will only be allowed to grant permissions that they possess, and users with `PERMISSION_REVOKE` will only be allowed to revoke permissions that they possess. For example, a user cannot grant `MILESTONE_ADMIN` unless they have `PERMISSION_GRANT` and `MILESTONE_ADMIN`, and they cannot revoke `MILESTONE_ADMIN` unless they have `PERMISSION_REVOKE` and `MILESTONE_ADMIN`. `PERMISSION_ADMIN` just grants the user both `PERMISSION_GRANT` and `PERMISSION_REVOKE`, and users with `TRAC_ADMIN` can grant or revoke any permission.
     29
     30== Available Privileges
    2731
    2832To 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.
     
    3034Otherwise, individual privileges can be assigned to users for the various different functional areas of Trac ('''note that the privilege names are case-sensitive'''):
    3135
    32 === Repository Browser ===
     36=== Repository Browser
    3337
    3438|| `BROWSER_VIEW` || View directory listings in the [wiki:TracBrowser repository browser] ||
     
    3741|| `CHANGESET_VIEW` || View [wiki:TracChangeset repository check-ins] ||
    3842
    39 === Ticket System ===
     43=== Ticket System
    4044
    4145|| `TICKET_VIEW` || View existing [wiki:TracTickets tickets] and perform [wiki:TracQuery ticket queries] ||
     
    4650|| `TICKET_EDIT_CC` || Full modify cc field ||
    4751|| `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. ||
     52|| `TICKET_EDIT_COMMENT` || Modify another user's comments. Any user can modify their own comments by default. ||
     53|| `TICKET_BATCH_MODIFY` || [wiki:TracBatchModify Batch modify] tickets ||
     54|| `TICKET_ADMIN` || All `TICKET_*` permissions, deletion of ticket attachments and modification of the reporter field, which grants ability to create a ticket on behalf of another user (it will appear that another user created the ticket). It also allows managing ticket properties through the web administration module. ||
    4955
    5056Attention: the "view tickets" button appears with the `REPORT_VIEW` permission.
    5157
    52 === Roadmap ===
     58=== Roadmap
    5359
    5460|| `MILESTONE_VIEW` || View milestones and assign tickets to milestones. ||
     
    6066|| `ROADMAP_ADMIN` || to be removed with [trac:#3022 #3022], replaced by MILESTONE_ADMIN ||
    6167
    62 === Reports ===
     68=== Reports
    6369
    6470|| `REPORT_VIEW` || View [wiki:TracReports reports], i.e. the "view tickets" link. ||
     
    6975|| `REPORT_ADMIN` || All `REPORT_*` permissions ||
    7076
    71 === Wiki System ===
     77=== Wiki System
    7278
    7379|| `WIKI_VIEW` || View existing [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages ||
    7480|| `WIKI_CREATE` || Create new [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages ||
    7581|| `WIKI_MODIFY` || Change [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages ||
     82|| `WIKI_RENAME` || Rename [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages ||
    7683|| `WIKI_DELETE` || Delete [wiki:TracWiki wiki] pages and attachments ||
    7784|| `WIKI_ADMIN` || All `WIKI_*` permissions, plus the management of ''readonly'' pages. ||
    7885
    79 === Permissions ===
     86=== Permissions
    8087
    8188|| `PERMISSION_GRANT` || add/grant a permission ||
     
    8390|| `PERMISSION_ADMIN` || All `PERMISSION_*` permissions ||
    8491
    85 
    86 === Others ===
     92=== Others
    8793
    8894|| `TIMELINE_VIEW` || View the [wiki:TracTimeline timeline] page ||
    8995|| `SEARCH_VIEW` || View and execute [wiki:TracSearch search] queries ||
    9096|| `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 ==
     97|| `EMAIL_VIEW` || Shows email addresses even if [wiki:TracIni#trac-section trac show_email_addresses] configuration option is false ||
     98
     99== Creating New Privileges
     100
     101To create custom permissions, for example to be used in a custom workflow, enable the optional [trac:ExtraPermissionsProvider tracopt.perm.config_perm_provider.ExtraPermissionsProvider] component in the "Plugins" admin panel, and add the desired permissions to the `[extra-permissions]` section in your [wiki:TracIni#extra-permissions-section trac.ini]. For more information, please refer to the documentation  on the [wiki:TracIni#extra-permissions-section TracIni] page after enabling the component.
     102
     103== Granting Privileges
    94104
    95105You grant privileges to users using [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin]. The current set of privileges can be listed with the following command:
     
    113123}}}
    114124
    115 == Permission Groups ==
    116 
    117 There are two built-in groups, "authenticated" and "anonymous".[[BR]]
    118 Any user who has not logged in is automatically in the "anonymous" group.[[BR]]
    119 Any user who has logged in is also in the "authenticated" group.[[BR]]
    120 The "authenticated" group inherits permissions from the "anonymous" group.[[BR]]
    121 eg. if the "anonymous" group has permission WIKI_MODIFY, it's not necessary to add the WIKI_MODIFY permisison to the "authenticated" group as well.
     125== Permission Groups
     126
     127There are two built-in groups, "authenticated" and "anonymous".
     128Any user who has not logged in is automatically in the "anonymous" group.
     129Any user who has logged in is also in the "authenticated" group.
     130The "authenticated" group inherits permissions from the "anonymous" group.
     131For example, if the "anonymous" group has permission WIKI_MODIFY,
     132it is not necessary to add the WIKI_MODIFY permission to the "authenticated" group as well.
    122133
    123134Custom groups may be defined that inherit permissions from the two built-in groups.
     
    132143}}}
    133144
    134 Group 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 ==
     145Group membership can be checked by doing a {{{permission list}}} with no further arguments; the resulting output will include group memberships. '''Use at least one lowercase character in group names, as all-uppercase names are reserved for permissions'''.
     146
     147== Adding a New Group and Permissions
    137148Permission groups can be created by assigning a user to a group you wish to create, then assign permissions to that group.
    138149
     
    144155}}}
    145156
    146 == Removing Permissions ==
     157== Removing Permissions
    147158
    148159Permissions can be removed using the 'remove' command. For example:
     
    165176}}}
    166177
    167 == Default Permissions ==
     178== Default Permissions
    168179
    169180By 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.