[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #568: make immutable check/verify/repair and mutable check/verify work given only a verify cap

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#568: make immutable check/verify/repair and mutable check/verify work given only
a verify cap
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     Reporter:  zooko    |      Owner:  davidsarah
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  major    |  Milestone:  1.12.0
    Component:  code-    |    Version:  1.2.0
  frontend-web           |   Keywords:  confidentiality verify repair
   Resolution:           |  usability tahoe-check wui anti-censorship
Launchpad Bug:           |  excess-authority
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Description changed by zooko:

Old description:

> For immutable files, Check/Verify/Repair could do its work with only a
> verify cap, but currently the WAPI and the CLI seem to require a read
> cap.  To fix this, relax the requirements of those front-ends so that
> they can make do with only a verify cap.

New description:

 For immutable files, !Check/Verify/Repair could do its work with only a
 verify cap, but currently the WAPI and the CLI seem to require a read cap.
 To fix this, relax the requirements of those front-ends so that they can
 make do with only a verify cap.

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/568#comment:22>
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