[Building Sakai] Sakai 10 and Adminlite

Bryan Holladay holladay at longsight.com
Tue Jul 8 08:57:03 PDT 2014


The "users" and "usermembership" may have to be updated to use Sakai realm
permissions in order to use DA tool with them.  The "roster" tool should be
fine.

-Bryan


On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Kurosch Petzold <
kurosch.petzold at fu-berlin.de> wrote:

> hey,
>
> > I've actually never tried adding the admin workspace to the hierarchy and
> > assigning non admins to it.  I would assume it works fine.  I would be
> > worried about special tools that don't check for permissions and assume
> > that it's an admin tool since it's in the admin workspace.  You don't
> need
> > to worry about the "Become User" tool anymore since there are new checks
> > in
> > Sakai 10x to make sure the user is an actual admin user and not a DA
> user.
> >  DA user's can be granted access to use the Become User tool only for
> > users
> > within their hierarchy access.  What are you wanting the user to have
> > access to?
>
> We would like the user to have read permissions for:
> [] roster
> [] users
> [] usermembership
>
> Best regards,
> Kurosch
>
>
>
>
>
> > -Bryan
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Kurosch Petzold <
> > kurosch.petzold at fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Does this include the admin workspace?
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Kurosch
> >> >>We would like a Support role that basically is an admin with view
> >> > permission only.
> >> >
> >> > This is what the Delegated Access tool was designed for.  Since you
> >> have
> >> a
> >> > specific use case in mind, you should create a new realm and turn on
> >> the
> >> > view only permissions and turn off the edit/remove permissions.  Then
> >> you
> >> > can choose users who will get these permissions in any set or subset
> >> of
> >> > sites (including all sites).
> >> >
> >> > -Bryan
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Kurosch Petzold <
> >> > kurosch.petzold at fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hey Neal,
> >> >>
> >> >> We would like a Support role that basically is an admin with view
> >> >> permission only. By the way are there any plans to change the
> >> >> administration setup from centralized security officers to
> >> decentralized
> >> >> role-based access control, i.e. implementing ARBAC[0];[1];
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> [0]
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> http://www.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/dl/mags/co/1996/02/figures/r20384.gif
> >> >> [1]http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/1996/02/r2038.html
> >> >>
> >> >> Best regards,
> >> >> Kurosch Petzold
> >> >> > Which functionality do you need that is not in Delegated Access?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -- Neal
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Kurosch Petzold <mailto:kurosch.petzold at fu-berlin.de>
> >> >> >> July 8, 2014 at 9:31 AM
> >> >> >> Hi Neal,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>> Have you looked at the Delegated Access tool, to see if that will
> >> >> meet
> >> >> >>> your needs?
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>
> >> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DAC/Delegated+Access+Tool
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> I know it is not quite the same thing, but maybe enough of an
> >> >> overlap?
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> we checked the Delegated Access tool and we will be using it.
> >> However
> >> >> >> the
> >> >> >> missing functionality would be appreciated by our administration
> >> for
> >> >> >> management and permission reasons.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>>> Matthew Jones<mailto:matthew at longsight.com>
> >> >> >>>> July 8, 2014 at 9:06 AM
> >> >> >>>> That link didn't work for me? Was it this link?
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/ADMX/Home
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>> There is a note there that says it's unsupported since 2.8, but
> >> >> should
> >> >> >>>> work as the webservices haven't significantly changed, just
> >> nothing
> >> >> >>>> added/fixed. In Sakai 11, we plan to remove all the existing
> >> axis
> >> >> >>>> webservices in favor of CXF so that would break this tool. The
> >> CXF
> >> >> >>>> services are already available in Sakai 10 so they would be
> >> >> preferred.
> >> >> >> I was looking for adminlite support not adminX ;)
> >> >> >> We do not want to use adminX because it is deprecated.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Best regards,
> >> >> >> Kurosch
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Neal Caidin <mailto:neal.caidin at apereo.org>
> >> >> >> July 8, 2014 at 9:09 AM
> >> >> >> Hi Kurosch,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Have you looked at the Delegated Access tool, to see if that will
> >> >> meet
> >> >> >> your needs?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DAC/Delegated+Access+Tool
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I know it is not quite the same thing, but maybe enough of an
> >> >> overlap?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >> >> Neal
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Matthew Jones <mailto:matthew at longsight.com>
> >> >> >> July 8, 2014 at 9:06 AM
> >> >> >> That link didn't work for me? Was it this link?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/ADMX/Home
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> There is a note there that says it's unsupported since 2.8, but
> >> >> should
> >> >> >> work as the webservices haven't significantly changed, just
> >> nothing
> >> >> >> added/fixed. In Sakai 11, we plan to remove all the existing axis
> >> >> >> webservices in favor of CXF so that would break this tool. The CXF
> >> >> >> services are already available in Sakai 10 so they would be
> >> >> preferred.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
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> >> >> >> Kurosch Petzold <mailto:kurosch.petzold at fu-berlin.de>
> >> >> >> July 8, 2014 at 6:50 AM
> >> >> >> Hey guys,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> just a question does the adminlite tool[1] by any chance be
> >> updated
> >> >> to
> >> >> >> support Sakai 10 in the near future?
> >> >> >> Or is this tool dead?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Best regards,
> >> >> >> Kurosch Petzold
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> [1] jira.sakaiproject.org/ADMX
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
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> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Best regards,
> >> >> Kurosch Petzold
> >> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best regards,
> >> Kurosch Petzold
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Kurosch Petzold
>
>
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