Developers of Sympa

[Aumont - Comite Reseaux des Universites <address@concealed>]

 Let me present you the wwsympa direction for the edit_list tool
dedicated to modify or create list. Any comment ?


 -1-  In order to define the class of users who can create
      list  wwsympa use the  scenario  named "create_list" when creating
      list. 
        -if scenari return "do_it" create the list (but will not
         install the sendmail aliases :-).
        -if scenari return "listmaster" create the list in a spool and
         request listmaster of what to do with it (install or reject)
        -If scenari return "reject" -> "not allowed page"
        

 -2- For each parameter, you can chose by robot configuration who can modify
     list parameters, (the configuration file is  ~sympa/expl/edit_list.conf,
     the file in sample dir is raisonably safe).
     examples :

         # only listmaster can edit user_data_source, priority, ...
         user_data_source listmaster  

         priority listmaster
      
         # only privileged owner can modify  editor parameter, send, ...
         editor privileged_owner

         send privileged_owner

         # all other parameters can be changed by simple owners
         default owner

      Privileged owners are defined by adding in the owner paragraph
      the line : "profile privileged".

      The following rules are hardcoded in wwsympa :
       -listmaster is privileged owner of any list 
       -listmaster is the only one who can edit the "profile privileged"
        owner attribut. 
       -owner can edit there own attibut except profile and email.
       -when creating a new list the requestor is a privileged owner.
       -privileged owner can edit any gecos,reception or info attribut
        of any owner
       -privileged owner can edit owner's emails (unless the owner he is
        editing is a privileged one.)


      The goal is to define two trust level for owners (some can just 
      edit gadget like "custom_subject", some others can edit important
      parameters, but keep control of crutial parameters like 
      the list of privileged owners or user_data_sources. So owners can change
      there e-mail (asking to a privileged owner to do it), but they can't
      give away the list mangement responsability to someone else without
      refering to listmaster.


 -4- New scenari and local scenari are dynamicaly reconize by wwsympa

 -5- For each list wwsympa keep creation and modification authors and date
     (previous configuration file are save and recover will be possible in
     futur).



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