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authorFredrik Luthander <fredrik.luthander@sonymobile.com>2012-03-13 17:49:27 +0100
committerGustaf Lundh <gustaf.lundh@sonymobile.com>2012-03-29 17:36:35 +0200
commitf78d65bef4cab60c517e241b25d85a44ea1dde89 (patch)
tree2b337269e7d19e77728b1fc7b3eb5ba50762d821
parent5d7ea9cf46968b72381c386ffde67bd5880c2d3e (diff)
Access control documentation: Capability replication and view caches
This change describes the properties of the two capabilities 'Start Replication' and 'View Caches'. Change-Id: I3cfd20c27e311051f6db22983b1b20f8aa426d82 Signed-off-by: Fredrik Luthander <fredrik.luthander@sonymobile.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/access-control.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cmd-replicate.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cmd-show-caches.txt3
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/access-control.txt b/Documentation/access-control.txt
index 83c0789470..70d645d12a 100644
--- a/Documentation/access-control.txt
+++ b/Documentation/access-control.txt
@@ -858,10 +858,6 @@ much of the server administration burden out to more users.
Below you find a list of capabilities available:
-* Start Replication
-
-* View Caches
-
* View Connections
* View Queue
@@ -973,6 +969,22 @@ This limit applies not only to the link:cmd-query.html[`gerrit query`]
command, but also to the web UI results pagination size.
+[[capability_startReplication]]
+Start Replication
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Allow access to execute link:cmd-replicate.html[the `gerrit replicate` command].
+
+
+[[capability_viewCaches]]
+View Caches
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Allow querying for status of Gerrits internal caches. This capability allows
+the granted group to
+link:cmd-show-caches.html[look at some or all Gerrit caches via ssh].
+
+
[[restart_changes]]
[NOTE]
Restart the Gerrit web application and reload all browsers after
diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-replicate.txt b/Documentation/cmd-replicate.txt
index b4ffb0e1bc..7722027549 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmd-replicate.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-replicate.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ just the affected project can update the mirrors.
ACCESS
------
Caller must be a member of the privileged 'Administrators' group,
-or have been granted the 'Start Replication' global capability.
+or have been granted
+link:access-control.html#capability_startReplication[the 'Start Replication' global capability].
SCRIPTING
---------
diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-show-caches.txt b/Documentation/cmd-show-caches.txt
index a841fc1756..069bcf6619 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmd-show-caches.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-show-caches.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ OPTIONS
ACCESS
------
Caller must be a member of the privileged 'Administrators' group,
-or have been granted the 'View Caches' global capability.
+or have been granted
+link:access_control.html#capability_viewCaches[the 'View Caches' global capability].
SCRIPTING
---------