[xwiki-devs] [Issue] Created: (XWIKI-2116) Make XWiki.XWikiAllGroup a "special" group, rather than a real document with objects attached.

[Ludovic Dubost]

+1 to make XWikiAllGroup a special group. It should have been like that 
right away.
We could either make it a special group or create virtual groups (based 
on queries).

Ludovic

Erin Schnabel wrote:
> I was asked to post to the list about this.. things have been busy, so
> it's taken me awhile.
>
> There are a few things that really bug me about the XWikiAllGroup:
>
> 1) It requires an XWikiGroups object to be created for every
> registered user, which is a pain in the butt when there are thousands
> 2) It is possible for the XWikiAllGroup to get out of sync with actual
> registered users: When users are deleted, it does not automatically
> remove the corresponding object from XWikiAllGroup, and if there is a
> strange window with the cache (which I've seen happen) objects for new
> users are not correctly added to the XWikiAllGroup document.
>
> The XWikiAllGroup is special (just as XWikiGuest is special). It's my
> view that the document a) shouldn't have to really exist, and b)
> shouldn't actually have to have XWikiGroups objects for every user
> attached to it.  If someone is a valid user, they're in
> XWikiAllGroup.. that's it.  The default contents of the XWikiAllGroup
> document could either be a link to the XWikiUsers page, or a repeat of
> the query displaying all of the users in the system.
>
> So it's my thought that the auth code should be modified to treat
> XWikiAllGroup as a special entity in the future.  I know I'll be more
> than happy to delete the XWiki.XWikiAllGroup document as soon as I
> have the chance.
>
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> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Erin Schnabel (JIRA) <jira at xwiki.org> wrote:
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>> Make XWiki.XWikiAllGroup a "special" group, rather than a real document with objects attached.
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>>                  Key: XWIKI-2116
>>                  URL: http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-2116
>>              Project: XWiki Core
>>           Issue Type: Bug
>>           Components: Authentication and Rights Management
>>     Affects Versions: 1.2.1, 1.2, 1.1, 1.0
>>             Reporter: Erin Schnabel
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>>  I've seen XWiki.XWikiAllGroup get out of sync: There are users in XWIki.XWikiAllGroup that don't exist, and users that exist that aren't in XWIki.XWikiAllGroup.
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>>  It seems to me that XWiki.XWikiAllGroup is special.  It should be treated in auth code as a magic word, like superadmin or XWiki.XWikiGuest, to mean "any user that exists in the DB for that wiki"  (XWikiGuest doesn't live in the DB.. ).
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>>  These "AllGroups" would still hold different members:   xwiki:XWiki.XWikiAllGroup, xwiki_virtual:XWiki.XWikiAllGroup
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