Even i agree that user2 shouldn't update/delete/suspend the entity, but we should be consistent across all API's for the same. As of now submit is allowed if user belongs to the same group of ACL owner group right ? Should we also change this behaviour to make sure only ACL owner should be allowed to submit ?
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Pallavi Rao <[email protected]> wrote: > Agree that "user2" shouldn't be allowed to just update the entity and > change the ownership. All the more reason to have a separate Auth API, > rather than embed the ACL in the entity itself. Such issues can be handled > in a much cleaner way. > > Regards, > Pallavi > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Balu Vellanki <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Team, > > > > Today, Feed/Process entities have ACL with owner and group. Support for > > permissions is not implemented yet. Any user who is the owner OR who > > belongs to the group can update/delete/suspend the entity. > > > > If two users "user1" and "user2" belong to same group "users" and the > > falcon entity ACL is <ACL owner="user1" group="users" permission="*"/>, > > then user2 can update the falcon entity and claim ownership of this > entity. > > I believe that user2 should not be allowed to do so unless it is > > superuser. Similar behavior is not allowed in HDFS. Please comment if > you > > disagree. > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FALCON-1340 > > > > Thanks > > Balu Velalnki > > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________ > The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the > use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others > authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged > information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified > that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance > on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be > unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your > system. The firm is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission > of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its > receipt. > -- Regards Pavan Kumar Kolamuri
