Quota usage viewing should be possible for standard users

[Jari Häkkinen]

Currently a user cannot see a detail view of their disk usage. The home view shows a summary of the used disk space. We tried to play around with the permissions system to enable a standard user to get access to the detail view available through Administrate -> Disk usage tabs. We could not find a proper credential setting.

I suggest that in the home view in the disk usage pane we add a view details link similar to the one available in Administrate -> Disk usage tab per user but with the user pre-selected, i.e. a user should not see anything else than his own information.

[Nicklas Nordborg]

The permission you are looking for is "Disk usage". This is the 10th permission in the "Permissions" tab when editing a role.

[Jari Häkkinen]

Yes but ... Of course the permission allows the user to accomplish detail view of his disk usage. However, the user will also get a view of everyone else quota (at least everyone who is in the same groups as the user). So, yes it can be accomplished but with a cost.

The permission fix does not rule out a shot cut from the home view to disk usage details, it fits naturally to the overview presentation.

What I am looking for is a way to allow a user to list his disk usage without seeing other users disk usage.

[Nicklas Nordborg]

It should be possible to link from the overview information on 'Home' page to the current implementation that shows the details. May have to hide some buttons/links if the user doesn't have the generic 'READ:DISKUSAGE' permission.

[Nicklas Nordborg]

(In [4701]) Fixes #1180: Quota usage viewing should be possible for standard users