One-view tokens: local records in linked zones, zone lookup, view list

A token for one view of a linked zone (an ACME token for external)
couldn't add records: a new record was shared and reached the other
view. A new name and type is now local when the user may not change it
in the other views. A zone name in several views resolves to the only
one the user can see, and the error no longer names views they can't.
GET /views lists the views a user sees zones in (name, colour, count;
limited) without views:read.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@ All notable changes to Jarl are documented here. The format follows
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- A token for one view of a linked zone (such as an ACME token with
+  `views=external`) couldn't add records: a new record is shared, and
+  that reached the other view. A new name and type is now local to the
+  view when the user may not change it in the other views.
+- A zone name in several views had to be given with `--view` even when
+  the user could see it in only one (`jarl record list adbraun.lol` with
+  a one-view token), and the error named views the user can't see. Now
+  the one they can see is used.
+- `jarl view list` was empty for a user without `views:read`, though
+  they can see zones in views. It now lists those views by name, colour
+  and visible zone count (marked `limited` in the API), without their
+  settings.
+
 - The DNSSEC tab told you to give the DS record to your registrar for
   every zone whose parent isn't in Jarl in the same view. Now it (and
   `jarl zone dnssec status`, and the API's new `ds_at`, `ds_place` and

cmd/jarl/config_cmds.go

@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ func viewCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			return output(views, func(w io.Writer) {
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "#\tID\tVIEW\tMATCH-CLIENTS\tMATCH-DESTINATIONS\tZONES\tCOLOR")
 				for i, v := range views {
-					fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d\t%d\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%d\t%s\n", i+1, v.ID, v.Name, orAny(v.MatchClients), orAny(v.MatchDestinations), v.Zones, orDefault(v.Color))
+					clients, dests := orAny(v.MatchClients), orAny(v.MatchDestinations)
+					if v.Limited {
+						// No views:read: only the zones they can see.
+						clients, dests = "(not shown)", "(not shown)"
+					}
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d\t%d\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%d\t%s\n", i+1, v.ID, v.Name, clients, dests, v.Zones, orDefault(v.Color))
 				}
 			})
 		},

docs/acme.md

@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ jarl acme unset DOMAIN [VALUE...]   # remove these values, or all of them
 * The zone is found automatically: the longest matching primary zone.
 * If the zone exists in several **views** (split DNS), the record is written
   into every view, so the CA (on the internet, in your external view) and
-  your internal resolvers see the same thing. `--view NAME` limits it to one.
+  your internal resolvers see the same thing. `--view NAME` limits it to one,
+  and so does a token for one view (`views=external`): in a linked zone its
+  records are then local to that view.
 * All values and views go into one changeset. Setting a value that is
   already there succeeds, so a retried hook doesn't fail, and removing a
   value that isn't there succeeds as well.

docs/permissions.md

@@ -160,7 +160,14 @@ records:write zones=acme.adbraun.lol types=TXT            only TXT records in a
 ```
 
 A user who may see some records of a zone may also see that the zone exists
-(its name and type), but not its other records.
+(its name and type), but not its other records. They also see the zone's
+view in `jarl view list` (`GET /views`): its name, colour and how many
+zones they can see there, marked `limited`, but not its settings
+(`match-clients` and the rest need `views:read`).
+
+A zone name that is in several views needs a view (`--view`), unless the
+user can see the zone in only one of them: a token for
+`views=external` finds the external copy without being told.
 
 ### Roles
 

docs/views.md

@@ -222,7 +222,10 @@ anyway), so scripts don't need to know; `--shared` there is refused.
 a grant for one view only (`views=internal`) can change that view's local
 records and make overrides, but not a shared record, since that would
 change the other views too: Jarl says so and suggests a local record. A
-grant without a view (the usual `zones=adbraun.lol`) covers every view.
+new name and type it adds is local to its view without being asked (an
+ACME token for `views=external` adds its `_acme-challenge` TXT records to
+the external view only). A grant without a view (the usual
+`zones=adbraun.lol`) covers every view.
 
 **Importing a zone file** into a linked zone (`jarl zone import`) adds
 the records like any others: shared, unless the name and type is local

internal/api/types.go

@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ type View struct {
 	model.View
 	Zones int    `json:"zone_count"`
 	Color string `json:"color,omitempty"` // web UI colour, see model.ViewColors
+	// Limited is set for a view listed only because the principal can see
+	// zones in it (no views:read): only its name, colour and the zones
+	// they can see are given.
+	Limited bool `json:"limited,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ViewColor sets the colour the web UI shows a view in.

internal/engine/expand.go

@@ -76,11 +76,13 @@ func (x *expander) resolveZone(zoneID int64, zone, view string) (*model.Zone, er
 	if zone == "" {
 		return nil, errf(KindBadRequest, "the zone is missing (zone_id or zone)")
 	}
-	return FindZoneRef(x.st, zone, view)
+	return FindZoneRef(x.st, zone, view, func(z *model.Zone) bool { return x.p.CanSeeZone(z.Name, x.st.ViewName(z)) })
 }
 
-// FindZoneRef finds a zone by name and optional view name.
+// FindZoneRef finds a zone by name and optional view name. Without a
-func FindZoneRef(st *model.State, zone, view string) (*model.Zone, error) {
+// view, a name in several views needs one, counting only the zones sees
+// allows (nil: all): a token for one view finds that view's zone.
+func FindZoneRef(st *model.State, zone, view string, sees func(*model.Zone) bool) (*model.Zone, error) {
 	name, err := ParseZoneName(zone)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errf(KindBadRequest, "%v", err)
@@ -97,6 +99,16 @@ func FindZoneRef(st *model.State, zone, view string) (*model.Zone, error) {
 		return z, nil
 	}
 	zs := st.ZonesNamed(name)
+	if sees != nil && len(zs) > 1 {
+		var vis []*model.Zone
+		for _, z := range zs {
+			if sees(z) {
+				vis = append(vis, z)
+			}
+		}
+		zs = vis // none: not found, without naming the views
+	}
+	st.SortByView(zs)
 	switch len(zs) {
 	case 0:
 		return nil, errf(KindNotFound, "zone %s does not exist", dnsname.Display(name))

internal/engine/linked.go

@@ -456,13 +456,31 @@ func (x *expander) unlinkOps(m *model.Zone, summary string) []model.Op {
 
 // localFor works out whether a new record (or set) in zone z is local:
 // as asked, or like the records of the same name and type already there.
+// A new name and type is shared, unless the principal may not change it
+// in every linked view (an ACME token for the external view only): then
+// it is local to z's view, which is all they may change.
 func (x *expander) localFor(z *model.Zone, name, typ string, want *bool) (bool, error) {
-	has := x.st.HasLocal(z.ID, name, typ)
+	if want != nil {
-	if want == nil {
-		return has, nil
-	}
 		return *want, nil
 	}
+	if x.st.HasLocal(z.ID, name, typ) {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	if len(x.st.SharedRecords(z.ID, name, typ)) > 0 {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	var not []string
+	for _, o := range x.st.LinkedWith(z) {
+		if !x.p.Can(recordAction(x.st, o, name, typ, true)) {
+			not = append(not, x.st.ViewName(o))
+		}
+	}
+	if len(not) > 0 {
+		x.warnings = append(x.warnings, fmt.Sprintf("%s %s is local to view %s: you may not change it in %s", dnsname.Display(name), typ, x.st.ViewName(z), strings.Join(not, ", ")))
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
 
 // shareAllOps returns the operations that start a link with zone z: it
 // joins group and all its records become shared.

internal/engine/linked_test.go

@@ -413,3 +413,37 @@ func TestDeleteLocalOverride(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("validation: %+v", probs)
 	}
 }
+
+// An ACME token for one view of a linked zone: its challenge records are
+// local to that view, the zone is found without naming the view, and they
+// go again without touching the other view.
+func TestLinkedACMEToken(t *testing.T) {
+	env := linkedEnv(t)
+	env.submit(env.admin, NewRequest(OpZoneCreate, 0, ZoneInput{Name: model.Ptr("example.com"), View: model.Ptr("external"), LinkWith: "internal"}))
+	u := &model.User{Username: "certbot", Grants: []model.Grant{{Resource: auth.ResRecords, Access: "write", Zones: []string{"example.com"}, Views: []string{"external"}, Names: []string{"_acme-challenge.*"}, Types: []string{"TXT"}}}}
+	if err := env.st.CreateUser(env.ctx, u); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	bot := &auth.Principal{User: u, Method: "token"}
+	name, typ, data := "_acme-challenge", "TXT", "token-value"
+	res := env.submit(bot, NewRequest(OpRecordCreate, 0, RecordInput{Zone: "example.com", Name: &name, Type: &typ, Data: &data}))
+	if !slices.Contains(env.view("external"), "_acme-challenge TXT \"token-value\" L") || slices.ContainsFunc(env.view("internal"), func(s string) bool { return strings.HasPrefix(s, "_acme-challenge") }) {
+		t.Errorf("challenge: internal %q external %q", env.view("internal"), env.view("external"))
+	}
+	if !slices.ContainsFunc(res.Warnings, func(w string) bool { return strings.Contains(w, "local to view external") }) {
+		t.Errorf("warnings %q", res.Warnings)
+	}
+	env.submit(bot, NewRequest(OpRecordDelete, 0, RecordInput{Zone: "example.com", Name: &name, Type: &typ, Data: &data}))
+	if slices.ContainsFunc(env.view("external"), func(s string) bool { return strings.HasPrefix(s, "_acme-challenge") }) {
+		t.Errorf("not deleted: %q", env.view("external"))
+	}
+	// The admin, who may change both, still gets a shared record.
+	env.submit(env.admin, NewRequest(OpRecordCreate, 0, RecordInput{Zone: "example.com", View: "internal", Name: model.Ptr("both"), Type: model.Ptr("A"), Data: model.Ptr("192.0.2.7")}))
+	if !slices.Contains(env.view("external"), "both A 192.0.2.7 S") {
+		t.Errorf("admin: %q", env.view("external"))
+	}
+	// Without a view, the admin is still asked which.
+	if e := env.submitErr(env.admin, NewRequest(OpRecordCreate, 0, RecordInput{Zone: "example.com", Name: model.Ptr("x"), Type: model.Ptr("A"), Data: model.Ptr("192.0.2.8")})); !strings.Contains(e.Message, "several views (internal, external)") {
+		t.Errorf("admin without a view: %v", e)
+	}
+}

internal/server/dsat_test.go

@@ -49,3 +49,34 @@ func TestZoneInViews(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("in_views = %v", z["in_views"])
 	}
 }
+
+// A token for records in one view of a zone that is in two: the zone is
+// found without naming the view, and view list names the views it can
+// see zones in, without their settings.
+func TestOneViewToken(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newAPIEnv(t)
+	e.do("POST", "/views", e.token, map[string]any{"name": "internal", "match_clients": []string{"10.0.0.0/8"}}, 201)
+	e.do("POST", "/views", e.token, map[string]any{"name": "external"}, 201)
+	for _, v := range []string{"internal", "external"} {
+		e.do("POST", "/zones", e.token, map[string]any{"name": "adbraun.lol", "view": v, "nameservers": []string{"ns1.example.net."}}, 201)
+	}
+	e.do("POST", "/users", e.token, map[string]any{"username": "certbot", "password": "", "grant_strings": []string{"records:write zones=adbraun.lol views=external names=_acme-challenge.* types=TXT"}}, 201)
+	var uid int64
+	for _, u := range e.list("/users", e.token) {
+		if u["username"] == "certbot" {
+			uid = int64(u["id"].(float64))
+		}
+	}
+	tok := e.do("POST", "/users/"+itoa(uid)+"/tokens", e.token, map[string]any{"name": "certbot"}, 201)["token"].(string)
+
+	if z := e.do("GET", "/zones/adbraun.lol", tok, nil, 200); z["view"] != "external" {
+		t.Errorf("zone without a view: %v", z["view"])
+	}
+	e.do("GET", "/zones/adbraun.lol/records", tok, nil, 200)
+	views := e.list("/views", tok)
+	if len(views) != 1 || views[0]["name"] != "external" || views[0]["limited"] != true || views[0]["match_clients"] != nil {
+		t.Errorf("views = %v", views)
+	}
+	// The admin still has to say which.
+	e.do("GET", "/zones/adbraun.lol", e.token, nil, 400)
+}

internal/server/h_config.go

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ func (s *Server) listViews(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *auth.Princ
 	for _, v := range st.OrderedViews() {
 		if p.Can(auth.Action{Resource: auth.ResViews, View: v.Name}) {
 			out = append(out, presentView(st, v, colors))
+		} else if lv := limitedView(st, v, colors, p); lv != nil {
+			out = append(out, *lv)
 		}
 	}
 	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, out)

internal/server/h_zones.go

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (s *Server) zoneByPath(r *http.Request, st *model.State, p *auth.Principal)
 			name = "."
 		}
 		var err error
-		z, err = engine.FindZoneRef(st, name, r.URL.Query().Get("view"))
+		z, err = engine.FindZoneRef(st, name, r.URL.Query().Get("view"), func(z *model.Zone) bool { return p.CanSeeZone(z.Name, st.ViewName(z)) })
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}

internal/server/present.go

@@ -82,6 +82,22 @@ func presentView(st *model.State, v *model.View, colors map[int64]string) api.Vi
 	return api.View{View: *v, Zones: len(st.ZonesInView(v.ID)), Color: colors[v.ID]}
 }
 
+// limitedView presents a view to a principal without views:read who can
+// see zones in it (the zone list names the view anyway): its name and
+// colour, and how many of its zones they can see. nil when they see none.
+func limitedView(st *model.State, v *model.View, colors map[int64]string, p *auth.Principal) *api.View {
+	n := 0
+	for _, z := range st.ZonesInView(v.ID) {
+		if p.CanSeeZone(z.Name, v.Name) {
+			n++
+		}
+	}
+	if n == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &api.View{View: model.View{ID: v.ID, Name: v.Name, Position: v.Position}, Zones: n, Color: colors[v.ID], Limited: true}
+}
+
 func presentACL(st *model.State, a *model.ACL) api.ACL {
 	used := engine.FindACLRefs(st, a.Name)
 	if used == nil {