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Adding clarification that sub-admin roles should not be able to change their own privileges #1450

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Expand Up @@ -224,10 +224,14 @@ Then you need to *deny* the two specific actions this role is not supposed to pe
* Read any patients' social security number (`SSN`).
* Submit medical diagnoses.

As well as the ability for the `itadmin` to amend their own privileges.

[source, cypher, role=systemcmd]
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DENY READ {ssn} ON GRAPH healthcare NODES Patient TO itadmin;
DENY CREATE ON GRAPH healthcare RELATIONSHIPS DIAGNOSIS TO itadmin;
DENY ROLE MANAGEMENT ON DBMS TO itadmin;
DENY PRIVILEGE MANAGEMENT ON DBMS TO itadmin;
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The complete set of privileges available to users assigned the `itadmin` role can be viewed using the following command:
Expand All @@ -254,6 +258,8 @@ SHOW ROLE itadmin PRIVILEGES AS COMMANDS;
| "GRANT LOAD ON ALL DATA TO `itadmin`" |
| "DENY READ {ssn} ON GRAPH `healthcare` NODE Patient TO `itadmin`" |
| "DENY CREATE ON GRAPH `healthcare` RELATIONSHIP DIAGNOSIS TO `itadmin`" |
| "DENY ROLE MANAGEMENT ON DBMS TO `itadmin`" |
| "DENY PRIVILEGE MANAGEMENT ON DBMS TO `itadmin`" |
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