[Galene] Re: Thoughts on global user passwords

[Alexander Dietrich <alexander@dietrich.cx>]

>   - data/config.json is read-only, so it won't be possible to add new
>     global users through the API;

Ok, using a separate file for this data would work as well.

>   - you'd probably want users that only exist in a subhierarchy, for
>     example a user that's an op in all groups under "group/teaching/*".

My initial thought was to support global passwords only, and leave permissions in the group description. So the user would be "op" in "teaching", plus whatever is necessary for the subgroups?

> So my take would be to create a database of users, similar to the token
> database.
> 
> I encourage you to design and implement a proof of concept, but please be
> aware that it'll likely not be merged until we find satisfactory answers
> to the questions above (and others).

Ok, I'll start looking into it and see if I can come up with something sensible.

Kind regards,
Alexander