Yes, this of the GROUP_ADMIN role. Specifically created for “team leads” to many the team members with access to their workspace.
Also note you can grant admin permission to a workspace or layer. This allows users ability to manage data publication in that workspace or layer. REST API has its own permissions if you would like to provide access to scripts or tools like GeoCat bridge for remote management. On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 1:54 AM Paul Wittle via Geoserver-users < geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Morning, > > > > I’ve been looking at the security in GeoServer and I know this is quite a > complex area. I can see that you can assign users / roles the ADMIN > permission in both the out of the box GeoServer and also within the > GeoFence extension but this always seems to be tied to a workspace. > > > > Is there a way to give a user admin rights to manage users without giving > them instant access to all the other functions in the admin UI? > > > > I’d like to make it so that some users can assign other users to roles / > groups but pretty much limit their access to just that. So for example I > don’t want them to be able to switch on and off the WMS service or change > the logging profile but I do want them to be able to assign “Jeff” to see > “highways data”. > > > > At present I’m thinking the only way of doing it would be to create a very > simple UI and point it at the REST endpoints as I can’t see that it is > possible in the normal UI or documentation but I thought I’d ask in case > anyone else has ever tried it? > > > > I will carry on searching and thank you for the recent updates to deal > with CVE issues. I know people put a lot of effort in to the project and I > know I am really grateful for this amazing product being available open > source! > > > > Cheers, > > Paul > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the > use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. It may contain > unclassified but sensitive or protectively marked material and should be > handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee (or authorised to > receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to > anyone else. If you have received this transmission in error please notify > the sender immediately. All traffic may be subject to recording and/or > monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation. Any views expressed in > this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender > specifies and with authority, states them to be the views of Dorset > Council. Dorset Council does not accept service of documents by fax or > other electronic means. Virus checking: Whilst all reasonable steps have > been taken to ensure that this electronic communication and its attachments > whether encoded, encrypted or otherwise supplied are free from computer > viruses, Dorset Council accepts no liability in respect of any loss, cost, > damage or expense suffered as a result of accessing this message or any of > its attachments. For information on how Dorset Council processes your > information, please see www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/data-protection > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > > Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to > this list: > - Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: > http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/ > - The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: > http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html > > If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: > https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer > > > Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users > -- -- Jody Garnett
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