http://hg.omfa.de/prosody-hg/ en-us prosody-hg: plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua history plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua revision history core, plugins: Split prosody:user role into prosody:{guest,registered,member} http://hg.omfa.de/prosody-hg/log/082c7d856e61/plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua
This gives us more granular control over different types of user account.
Accounts registered by IBR get assigned prosody:registered by default, while
accounts provisioned by an admin (e.g. via prosodyctl shell) will receive
prosody:member by default.]]> Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:36:13 +0100 Switch to a new role-based authorization framework, removing is_admin() http://hg.omfa.de/prosody-hg/log/9061f9621330/plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua
We began moving away from simple "is this user an admin?" permission checks
before 0.12, with the introduction of mod_authz_internal and the ability to
dynamically change the roles of individual users.

The approach in 0.12 still had various limitations however, and apart from
the introduction of roles other than "admin" and the ability to pull that info
from storage, not much actually changed.

This new framework shakes things up a lot, though aims to maintain the same
functionality and behaviour on the surface for a default Prosody
configuration. That is, if you don't take advantage of any of the new
features, you shouldn't notice any change.

The biggest change visible to developers is that usermanager.is_admin() (and
the auth provider is_admin() method) have been removed. Gone. Completely.

Permission checks should now be performed using a new module API method:

module:may(action_name, context)

This method accepts an action name, followed by either a JID (string) or
(preferably) a table containing 'origin'/'session' and 'stanza' fields (e.g.
the standard object passed to most events). It will return true if the action
should be permitted, or false/nil otherwise.

Modules should no longer perform permission checks based on the role name.
E.g. a lot of code previously checked if the user's role was prosody:admin
before permitting some action. Since many roles might now exist with similar
permissions, and the permissions of prosody:admin may be redefined
dynamically, it is no longer suitable to use this method for permission
checks. Use module:may().

If you start an action name with ':' (recommended) then the current module's
name will automatically be used as a prefix.

To define a new permission, use the new module API:

module:default_permission(role_name, action_name)
module:default_permissions(role_name, { action_name[, action_name...] })

This grants the specified role permission to execute the named action(s) by
default. This may be overridden via other mechanisms external to your module.

The built-in roles that developers should use are:

- prosody:user (normal user)
- prosody:admin (host admin)
- prosody:operator (global admin)

The new prosody:operator role is intended for server-wide actions (such as
shutting down Prosody).

Finally, all usage of is_admin() in modules has been fixed by this commit.
Some of these changes were trickier than others, but no change is expected to
break existing deployments.

EXCEPT: mod_auth_ldap no longer supports the ldap_admin_filter option. It's
very possible nobody is using this, but if someone is then we can later update
it to pull roles from LDAP somehow.]]> Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:15:01 +0100 MUC: Allow restricting public/persistent room options to service admins (muc_room_allow_public/muc_room_allow_persistent) http://hg.omfa.de/prosody-hg/log/ea9e1f8f3013/plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:57:28 +0100 MUC: Add sections in room config form http://hg.omfa.de/prosody-hg/log/173c0e16e704/plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:47:08 +0100 MUC: Improve labels of all config form items http://hg.omfa.de/prosody-hg/log/1c709e3d2e5e/plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> Fri, 13 Jul 2018 13:22:40 +0100 MUC: Assign priorities to config form hooks so they have a consistent order on each start http://hg.omfa.de/prosody-hg/log/e16b3fd0bd80/plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> Tue, 19 Apr 2016 20:31:39 +0200 MUC: Save room to storage once after form processing, not in each individual setter http://hg.omfa.de/prosody-hg/log/ca31d3271cf8/plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> Fri, 15 Apr 2016 11:50:55 +0200 MUC: Provide a noop stub room:save() method http://hg.omfa.de/prosody-hg/log/50b24b3476e6/plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:23:09 +0200 MUC: Update all config form handlers to take advantage of the new per-option events http://hg.omfa.de/prosody-hg/log/84e01dbb739e/plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:33:58 +0000 plugins/muc: Move 'hidden' ('public') code to own file http://hg.omfa.de/prosody-hg/log/12537f1c1fec/plugins/muc/hidden.lib.lua daurnimator <quae@daurnimator.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:16:14 -0400