[Geoserver-devel] Workspace specific admin and REST api

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Hi,
I’m doing a few tests with a GeoServer 2.5.x and noticed that if I setup a workspace
specific admin the UI gets limited to a specific workspace just fine, but I’m getting
403s when trying to user the Rest API from the same user.

Shouldn’t the REST api work as well, but limit operations to the contents of
the workspace the user can admin?

Cheers
Andrea

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On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Andrea Aime <andrea.aime@anonymised.com>
wrote:

Hi,
I'm doing a few tests with a GeoServer 2.5.x and noticed that if I setup a
workspace
specific admin the UI gets limited to a specific workspace just fine, but
I'm getting
403s when trying to user the Rest API from the same user.

Shouldn't the REST api work as well, but limit operations to the contents
of
the workspace the user can admin?

So it seems one needs to go in security/rest.properties, and add a new role,
let's call it REST_ADMIN, to the various access rules:

/**;GET=ADMIN,REST_ADMIN
/**;POST,DELETE,PUT=ADMIN,REST_ADMIN

And then go and associate this new roles to the workspace specific admin(s).

As far as I can see, this results in that user being able to access the
REST api,
and only mess with whatever is in their workspace.

There is however some differences compared to the UI, the global settings
are still visible via the REST api, and their configuration is editable!
Also global services are visible, haven't tried editing their config though.

Ugh.. this sounds like a bug.
But anyways, wanted to ask if this is how the rest access for workspace
admins
was meant to work.

Cheers
Andrea

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http://goo.gl/NWWaa2 for more information.

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@geowolf
Technical Lead

GeoSolutions S.A.S.
Via Poggio alle Viti 1187
55054 Massarosa (LU)
Italy
phone: +39 0584 962313
fax: +39 0584 1660272
mob: +39 339 8844549

http://www.geo-solutions.it
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On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:16 AM, Andrea Aime <andrea.aime@anonymised.com>
wrote:

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Andrea Aime <
andrea.aime@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hi,
I'm doing a few tests with a GeoServer 2.5.x and noticed that if I setup
a workspace
specific admin the UI gets limited to a specific workspace just fine, but
I'm getting
403s when trying to user the Rest API from the same user.

Shouldn't the REST api work as well, but limit operations to the contents
of
the workspace the user can admin?

So it seems one needs to go in security/rest.properties, and add a new
role,
let's call it REST_ADMIN, to the various access rules:

/**;GET=ADMIN,REST_ADMIN
/**;POST,DELETE,PUT=ADMIN,REST_ADMIN

And then go and associate this new roles to the workspace specific
admin(s).

As far as I can see, this results in that user being able to access the
REST api,
and only mess with whatever is in their workspace.

There is however some differences compared to the UI, the global settings
are still visible via the REST api, and their configuration is editable!
Also global services are visible, haven't tried editing their config
though.

Ugh.. this sounds like a bug.
But anyways, wanted to ask if this is how the rest access for workspace
admins
was meant to work.

No, any access outside of the workspace is not intended. To be honest the
way we do security of restful services should probably be revisited. It was
implemented before the big security refactor and could probably be done in
a more sensible way.

Cheers
Andrea

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GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit
http://goo.gl/NWWaa2 for more information.

Ing. Andrea Aime
@geowolf
Technical Lead

GeoSolutions S.A.S.
Via Poggio alle Viti 1187
55054 Massarosa (LU)
Italy
phone: +39 0584 962313
fax: +39 0584 1660272
mob: +39 339 8844549

http://www.geo-solutions.it
http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it

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