The 'rules' for all users are not effective

[shookgao]

WebDAV version: 5.4.3
The 'rules' for all users are not effective
I have a main directory: x, which has two subdirectories: a and b. I set them as follows:

directory: /x
permissions: R
rules:
  - path: /a
    permissions: CR
users:
  - username: y
  - password: y
  - rules:
      - path: /b
      - permissions: CRUD

The result is that directory A does not have permission C

[shookgao]

I found that it was not ineffective, but was overwritten by rules under users, which was different from what I expected. I thought it should be a merge.

[hacdias]

The rules directive for each user completely override the global rules. That is the intended behavior.

I agree that it may be confusing and unexpected. I think the main reason I did it this way is because each user can also overwrite the directory. In that case, it would be a bit odd if some of the rules would still apply, especially when it comes to rules that are applicable to paths.

Nevertheless, we can convert this to a feature request: add a new global field that allows changing the behavior of re-defining the rules. It could be either overwrite (default to keep backwards compatibility) or merge.

What do you think?

[shookgao]

It would be great if this option could be added!