I had an idea about rounding out the Mailman permissions model, interested in hearing thoughts on it. Obviously there has been considerable discussion on this topic before.
Mailman already carries much of the information needed for determining user permissions to Mailman resources. Only two things are missing: 1: the ability to define a user as being a “serverowner” 2: the ability to define a user as being a “domainowner” (You’ll need to look at this email in plain text to see the table properly). The Mailman permissions model currently looks like this: resource_type roles resource_id user_identifier where to find permission --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- user userowner n/a UUID (defined in user record) list listowner list_id subscriber (defined in list member record) list listmember list_id subscriber (defined in list member record) list listmoderator list_id subscriber (defined in list member record) list listnonmember list_id subscriber (defined in list member record) I am suggesting adding two further permissions to the existing permissions model, which would look like this: resource_type roles resource_id user_id where to find permission --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- server serverowner n/a UUID (not currently defined in Mailman) domain domainowner mail_host UUID (not currently defined in Mailman) To implement, it would need to be possible to define as user as being a ‘serverowner’, and also to be able to define a user as being a ‘domainowner’ for any given domain. If it were possible to do so within the Mailman core then there would be a completely usable permissions model entirely within Mailman, and no need to store any additional permissions data outside Mailman. The permissions model would allow definition of user access to any Mailman resource including domains and servers. The interpretation of the permissions would still be up to the application that consumes the REST API, as is currently the case. Thoughts? as _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
