Get users from restApi /@users endpoint without rights to add/edit users

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How can I get user information from /@@user restApi endpoint without giving that user permissions to edit user (information).

PS: I can list each user if I add 'plone.restapi: Access Plone user information' to myuser;

curl -i -X GET mysite/@users/some-one -H "Accept: application/json" -k --user myuser:mypassword

But I can not 'list all'

curl -i -X GET mysite/@users  -H "Accept: application/json" -k --user myuser:mypassword

(someone is making a desktop app and needs to fetch user information, but I dont want that user / login to be able to edit 'anything' )

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If you want something more granular than the permission that's there now, you likely need to:

  1. Implement your own new permission in rolemap within your policy product instead of Plone Site Setup: Users and Groups.

  2. Monkey patch in your policy plone.restapi.services.user.get.UsersGet.has_permission_to_enumerate (original here) to use such a custom permission.

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Thanks.

I ended up by making a new role (rolemap.xml, 'can list users') and a new restApi endpoint.

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