Organizations
Organizations are the root entity that wrap everything belonging to an account including Users, Groups, and Repositories.
Role-based access control
Access control in Dist is role-based. Users are assigned roles from which they inherit permissions.
There are two organization roles (which are distinct from repository roles):
- Administrator
- Developer
Users are assigned the Developer role by default.
Organization roles & permissions
| Permission | Administrator | Developer |
|---|---|---|
| Invite new users | ✔ | |
| View and delete invitations | ✔ | |
| View organization users | ✔ | ✔ |
| Create repositories | ✔ | ✔ |
| Create groups | ✔ | ✔ |
| Add maintainers to groups | ✔ | |
| Delete groups | ✔ | |
| Grant and revoke organization roles | ✔ | |
| Edit organization details | ✔ | |
| Delete the organization | ✔ |
Groups
Groups are a collection of users, and are used for access control within repositories.
Groups have maintainers who have the ability to:
- add and remove group members;
- add and remove group maintainers; and
- delete the group.