Zabbix 2.0.2 running on Debian from unstable repository packages.

This might be easily related to ZBXNEXT-310.

We also would like this additional security level.
We've sysadmins that do maintenance work and need to create maintenance windows in zabbix. These sysadmins don't have enough knowledge of zabbix so it would be best to limit there access. Currently they require read-write access to create maintenance windows in zabbix.

ZBXNEXT-310 is an older request but discribes it even better.

this should be handled in the context of overall permission granularity, closing in favour of ZBXNEXT-77

this might be considered w/o full permission redesign, reopening

This little hack gives an actual meaning to "Read/Write" in the context of a regular user. This might be a good idea, because it allows the implementation without massive changes and may reduce the confusion as of what the heck the "Read/Write" column is for.

http://zabbix.org/wiki/Docs/simplify_ad_hoc_maintenance#POC_implementation

I think it's very important for users to be able to set maintenance periods for various hosts and groups without having to be in the Zabbix Administrators group. In fact, the majority of users I have accessing Zabbix I would prefer not be Zabbix Administrators but have the ability to create maintenance schedules.

I would also like this function, very important for larger installations

Add my vote to the list of 'why doesn't this exist yet?' 5 years and counting....

We're assigning dev-teams their own credentials for notifications etc, but allow them to set their own maintenance without needing us to set it for them would save us a lot of time.
Please allow for a role of 'maintenance-user' which can set maintenance for hosts assigned to his/her group.
This makes for a better to maintain rights management while still allowing users to manage their own hosts.

Any news?

How difficult can it be to add a maintenance role. Would be a nice feature. Is there anyway to work around this? With a script or so?

Would my approach work for you @Kornelis?

@Volker:

Is this script compatible with Zabbix 4.2? And how do i implement this?

I agree this feature would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

@Volker, is it possible to use patch with 4.4? Also, is there any step-by-step instruction how it can be installed?

Given its age I predict it not to apply cleanly. However, I think that the concept is still sound and just try to do the few things that I did in the patch wherever they belong now.

This appears to work on 6.0.2 and I'm not sure about other versions.

Add read-write to the host groups you desire via User Groups and then using User Roles you can restrict configuration of Hosts.

I'm not sure if I'm missing anything, but my users can now add maintenance and appear that they cannot configure anything still.