[katello-devel] Superadmin user

[Jason Rist]

On 05/25/2011 11:56 AM, Lukas Zapletal wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> while working on some RBAC changes I am thinking if we can introduce new
> column for the users table called "admin" or "superadmin". If this flag
> is set the user is bypassed any authorization code.
> 
> Advantages:
> 
> Less static permissions for the first "admin" user.
> 
> Faster seed script.
> 
> We could also identify "superusers" in an easy way forbidding deletion
> of the last superuser.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
I like it.  Seems simple enough.

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