3.3.3. Special groups: Everybody and Registered Users
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There are two special groups in the list of users and groups: Everybody and Registered Users. The difference between the two is that Everybody includes both unregistered and registered users while Registered Users only contains registered users.
A rule for Everybody outvotes any other rule in a domain, independent of the priority, and all users are a member of Everybody. The implications are as follows: suppose a rule states that access to a resource type in a certain domain is denied for user X and another rule states that access is allowed for the same resource type in the same domain for Everybody. Since a rule for Everybody outvotes all other rules within its domain, the Everybody rule is effective and access is allowed for everybody including user X despite a rule denying access. The opposite also holds: a rule stating that Everybody is denied access will always result in denying access to each individual user despite the access allowing rules that might exist.
A rule for Registered Users is very much the same as for Everybody. The only difference is that a rule for Everybody also outvotes licenses and a rule for Registered Users does not. To put it another way, if there is a license set for a resource (see also Section 3.4) and a rule saying that access is allowed for Everybody, the license does not have to be accepted first. In the same situation except that the rule is set for Registered Users, the license must be accepted first.
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