Fixed admins being able to see all directories.

.gitignore

@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ Frontend/dist/
 .DS_Store
 .vscode/
 .idea/
+
+# Misc
+.Todo/

Backend/Locks.py

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def RemoveLock(RootName: str, RelativePath: str) -> None:
 
 
 def IsPathAccessible(
-    RootName: str, RelativePath: str, Username: str, UserGroups: list[str], IsAdmin: bool
+    RootName: str, RelativePath: str, Username: str, UserGroups: list[str]
 ) -> bool:
     """A path is inaccessible if it IS a locked file/directory, or lies
     anywhere underneath a locked directory, and the user isn't permitted
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ def IsPathAccessible(
     to subdirectories as separate records — there's only ever one lock
     entry per locked directory — but access to anything inside still
     requires being permitted on that ancestor lock, so you always have to
-    "enter the parent first." Admins bypass every lock.
+    "enter the parent first." Admins do NOT bypass locks - Admin is a
+    management group (create users, manage groups, and so on), not a way
+    to view everyone's private directories. Only direct server/filesystem
+    access can see everything.
     """
-    if IsAdmin:
-        return True
-
     for Lock in LoadLocks():
         if Lock.get("Root") != RootName:
             continue
@@ -119,6 +119,5 @@ def RequirePathAccessible(RootName: str, RelativePath: str, CurrentUser: dict[st
         RelativePath,
         CurrentUser["Username"],
         CurrentUser.get("Groups", []),
-        CurrentUser.get("IsAdmin", False),
     ):
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Not found.")

Backend/Main.py

@@ -318,9 +318,10 @@ def PutGroupMembersEndpoint(
 
 
 # --- Locked files/directories -----------------------------------------------
-# Setting a lock is open to anyone who currently has access to the path —
+# Setting a lock is open to anyone who currently has access to the path -
 # not admin-only. If you can see it, you're trusted to decide who else can.
-# Admins additionally bypass every lock (see Locks.IsPathAccessible).
+# Admins do NOT bypass locks (see Locks.IsPathAccessible) - Admin is a
+# management group, not a way to view everyone's private directories.
 
 
 @Application.get("/api/lock")
@@ -384,7 +385,6 @@ def GetTreeEndpoint(
 
     Username = CurrentUser["Username"]
     UserGroups = CurrentUser.get("Groups", [])
-    IsAdmin = CurrentUser.get("IsAdmin", False)
 
     # A locked subdirectory (or anything inside one) shouldn't even appear
     # in its parent's listing for someone without access to it.
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ def GetTreeEndpoint(
             f"{Path}/{Entry['Name']}" if Path else Entry["Name"],
             Username,
             UserGroups,
-            IsAdmin,
         )
     ]
 

README.md

@@ -151,8 +151,10 @@ restrict a file or directory to specific users and/or groups, whether at
 creation time (the New File/New Directory dialog includes a search-and-
 checkbox picker) or afterwards via the 🔒 button next to any entry, in
 either the sidebar tree or the directory-browse pane. If you can currently
-see something, you're trusted to change who else can. Admins additionally
+see something, you're trusted to change who else can. Admins do not bypass
-bypass every restriction, so they can always troubleshoot.
+restrictions - Admin is a management group (creating users, managing groups,
+and so on), not a way to view everyone's private directories. Only direct
+access to the server's files can see everything.
 
 Restricting is per-file-or-directory — locking a directory covers everything
 inside it automatically (there's only ever one restriction record per locked