[pve-devel] [PATCH v3 manager 09/17] api: backup: allow SUs to use 'tmpdir', 'dumpdir' and 'script' options

[Oguz Bektas <o.bektas@proxmox.com>]

previously limited to root@pam; we can allow SUs to use these options if
they have the privilege on the whole API path.

Signed-off-by: Oguz Bektas <o.bektas@proxmox.com>
---
v2->v3:
* change comment for SU check


 PVE/API2/Backup.pm | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PVE/API2/Backup.pm b/PVE/API2/Backup.pm
index 5d36789a..286996b5 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Backup.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Backup.pm
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ my $vzdump_job_id_prop = {
 
 my $assert_param_permission = sub {
     my ($param, $user) = @_;
-    return if $user eq 'root@pam'; # always OK
+    return if $user eq 'root@pam'; # root@pam always OK
+
+    my $rpcenv = PVE::RPCEnvironment::get();
+    return if $rpcenv->check($user, "/", ['SuperUser'], 1); # SuperUser on /, always OK
 
     for my $key (qw(tmpdir dumpdir script)) {
-	raise_param_exc({ $key => "Only root may set this option."}) if exists $param->{$key};
+	raise_param_exc({ $key => "Only superusers may set this option."}) if exists $param->{$key};
     }
 };
 
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
     description => "Create new vzdump backup job.",
     permissions => {
 	check => ['perm', '/', ['Sys.Modify']],
-	description => "The 'tmpdir', 'dumpdir' and 'script' parameters are additionally restricted to the 'root\@pam' user.",
+	description => "The 'tmpdir', 'dumpdir' and 'script' parameters are additionally restricted to superusers.",
     },
     parameters => {
     	additionalProperties => 0,
@@ -345,7 +348,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
     description => "Update vzdump backup job definition.",
     permissions => {
 	check => ['perm', '/', ['Sys.Modify']],
-	description => "The 'tmpdir', 'dumpdir' and 'script' parameters are additionally restricted to the 'root\@pam' user.",
+	description => "The 'tmpdir', 'dumpdir' and 'script' parameters are additionally restricted to superusers.",
     },
     parameters => {
     	additionalProperties => 0,
-- 
2.30.2