Inherited permissions

src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/user-edit-dialog/user-edit-dialog.component.html

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
           <app-input-select i18n-title title="Groups" [items]="groups" multiple="true" formControlName="groups"></app-input-select>
         </div>
         <div class="col">
-          <app-permissions-select i18n-title title="Permissions" formControlName="user_permissions" [error]="error?.user_permissions"></app-permissions-select>
+          <app-permissions-select i18n-title title="Permissions" formControlName="user_permissions" [error]="error?.user_permissions" [inheritedPermissions]="inheritedPermissions"></app-permissions-select>
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>

src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/user-edit-dialog/user-edit-dialog.component.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core'
+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core'
 import { FormControl, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms'
 import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { first } from 'rxjs'
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ export class UserEditDialogComponent extends EditDialogComponent<PaperlessUser>
       username: new FormControl(''),
       first_name: new FormControl(''),
       last_name: new FormControl(''),
-      is_active: new FormControl(null),
+      is_active: new FormControl(true),
-      is_superuser: new FormControl(null),
+      is_superuser: new FormControl(false),
       groups: new FormControl(null),
       user_permissions: new FormControl(null),
     })
@@ -56,4 +56,11 @@ export class UserEditDialogComponent extends EditDialogComponent<PaperlessUser>
       this.objectForm.get('user_permissions').enable()
     }
   }
+
+  get inheritedPermissions(): string[] {
+    const groupsVal = this.objectForm.get('groups').value
+    return groupsVal !== null
+      ? this.groups.find((g) => g.id == groupsVal)?.permissions
+      : []
+  }
 }

src-ui/src/app/components/common/permissions-select/permissions-select.component.html

@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
     <li class="list-group-item d-flex" *ngFor="let type of PermissionType | keyvalue" [formGroupName]="type.key">
       <div class="col-3">{{type.key}}:</div>
 
-      <div class="col form-check form-check-inline form-switch">
+      <div class="col form-check form-check-inline form-switch" [ngbPopover]="inheritedWarning" [disablePopover]="!isInherited(type.key)" placement="left" triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave">
-        <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="{{type.key}}_all" (change)="toggleAll($event, type.key)" [checked]="typesWithAllActions.has(type.key)" [attr.disabled]="disabled ? true : null">
+        <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="{{type.key}}_all" (change)="toggleAll($event, type.key)" [checked]="typesWithAllActions.has(type.key)" [attr.disabled]="disabled || isInherited(type.key) ? true : null">
         <label class="form-check-label visually-hidden" for="{{type.key}}_all" i18n>All</label>
       </div>
 
-      <div *ngFor="let action of PermissionAction | keyvalue" class="col form-check form-check-inline">
+      <div *ngFor="let action of PermissionAction | keyvalue" class="col form-check form-check-inline" [ngbPopover]="inheritedWarning" [disablePopover]="!isInherited(type.key, action.key)" placement="left" triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave">
-        <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="{{type.key}}_{{action.key}}" formControlName="{{action.key}}" [attr.disabled]="typesWithAllActions.has(type.key) || disabled ? true : null">
+        <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="{{type.key}}_{{action.key}}" formControlName="{{action.key}}" [attr.disabled]="isDisabled(type.key, action.key)">
         <label class="form-check-label visually-hidden" for="{{type.key}}_{{action.key}}" i18n>{{action.key}}</label>
       </div>
     </li>

src-ui/src/app/components/common/permissions-select/permissions-select.component.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ export class PermissionsSelectComponent
 
   typesWithAllActions: Set<string> = new Set()
 
+  _inheritedPermissions: string[] = []
+
+  @Input()
+  set inheritedPermissions(inherited: string[]) {
+    // remove <app_label>. from permission strings
+    this._inheritedPermissions = inherited?.length
+      ? inherited.map((p) => p.replace(/.+\./, ''))
+      : []
+  }
+
+  inheritedWarning: string = $localize`Inerhited from group`
+
   constructor(private readonly permissionsService: PermissionsService) {
     for (const type in PermissionType) {
       const control = new FormGroup({})
@@ -53,18 +65,24 @@ export class PermissionsSelectComponent
 
   writeValue(permissions: string[]): void {
     this.permissions = permissions
-    this.permissions?.forEach((permissionStr) => {
+    const allPerms = this._inheritedPermissions.concat(permissions)
+    allPerms.forEach((permissionStr) => {
       const { actionKey, typeKey } =
         this.permissionsService.getPermissionKeys(permissionStr)
 
       if (actionKey && typeKey) {
         if (this.form.get(typeKey)?.get(actionKey)) {
-          this.form.get(typeKey).get(actionKey).setValue(true)
+          this.form
+            .get(typeKey)
+            .get(actionKey)
+            .patchValue(true, { emitEvent: false })
         }
       }
     })
     Object.keys(PermissionType).forEach((type) => {
-      if (Object.values(this.form.get(type).value).every((val) => val)) {
+      if (
+        Object.values(this.form.get(type).value).every((val) => val == true)
+      ) {
         this.typesWithAllActions.add(type)
       } else {
         this.typesWithAllActions.delete(type)
@@ -96,7 +114,7 @@ export class PermissionsSelectComponent
       Object.entries(newValue).forEach(([typeKey, typeValue]) => {
         // e.g. [Document, { Add: true, View: true ... }]
         const selectedActions = Object.entries(typeValue).filter(
-          ([actionKey, actionValue]) => actionValue
+          ([actionKey, actionValue]) => actionValue == true
         )
 
         selectedActions.forEach(([actionKey, actionValue]) => {
@@ -129,4 +147,34 @@ export class PermissionsSelectComponent
       this.typesWithAllActions.delete(type)
     }
   }
+
+  isInherited(typeKey: string, actionKey: string = null) {
+    if (this._inheritedPermissions.length == 0) return false
+    else if (actionKey) {
+      return this._inheritedPermissions.includes(
+        this.permissionsService.getPermissionCode({
+          action: PermissionAction[actionKey],
+          type: PermissionType[typeKey],
+        })
+      )
+    } else {
+      return Object.values(PermissionAction).every((action) => {
+        return this._inheritedPermissions.includes(
+          this.permissionsService.getPermissionCode({
+            action: action as PermissionAction,
+            type: PermissionType[typeKey],
+          })
+        )
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  // if checkbox is disabled either because "All", inhereted or entire component disabled
+  isDisabled(typeKey: string, actionKey: string) {
+    return this.typesWithAllActions.has(typeKey) ||
+      this.isInherited(typeKey, actionKey) ||
+      this.disabled
+      ? true
+      : null
+  }
 }

src-ui/src/app/services/permissions.service.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class PermissionsService {
     return this.permissions.includes(this.getPermissionCode(permission))
   }
 
-  private getPermissionCode(permission: PaperlessPermission): string {
+  public getPermissionCode(permission: PaperlessPermission): string {
     return permission.type.replace('%s', permission.action)
   }
 

src/paperless/serialisers.py

@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ from rest_framework import serializers
 
 class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
-    groups = serializers.SlugRelatedField(
-        many=True,
-        queryset=Group.objects.all(),
-        slug_field="name",
-    )
     user_permissions = serializers.SlugRelatedField(
         many=True,
         queryset=Permission.objects.all(),