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    Change how all geni images are imported by url; always import as geniuser · 0c653722
    Leigh B Stoller authored
    and always import into the GeniSlices project. Previously, images were
    being imported into the project of the slice experiment, by the geniuser.
    
    When PROTOGENI_LOCALUSER is turned off, this change does not affect
    anything, since it is still geniuser doing the import, and all imported
    images are consider global and thus cross-project usable. So where we stick
    the image is not really important, but putting all geni imported images in
    one place is more convenient (sure makes it easier to find them). But more
    important, this change is backwards compatible with existing imports. 
    
    Later, if the source image is updated, and a new user (in another project)
    uses that image, the update (pulling the updated image scross) is done by
    geniuser (who is the leader of all geni holding projects), who has write
    access to the image whatever project it is in. 
    
    What about when PROTOGENI_LOCALUSER is turned on? There are actually two
    sub cases here.
    
    1. The user is using an aggregate in a different domain then their SA. Say,
       when a Cloudlab Portal user is creating an experiment at the Clemson
       cluster (which has PROTOGENI_LOCALUSER=1). In this case, clemson does
       not know anything about the user anyway, and so its pretty much like the
       case described above since everything is done by the geniuser in holding
       projects owned by the geniuser.
    
    2. The user is using the same aggregate as their SA. Say, when a Cloudlab
       Portal user is creating an experiment at the Emulab cluster. In this
       case Emulab knows the user and project, and everything is done as that
       user in the actual project (there is no geni holding project).
    
       If we import the image into that project as the actual user, we are okay
       at first; as above, all images are global and cross-project, so anyone
       can use it. But what if the source image changes and then a different
       user in a different project tries to use it? The backend is going to try
       to import the new version, but that fails cause the current user does
       not have write access to the image.
    
       Hence the real reason for this change; if always import into GeniSlices
       as geniuser, we do not get into this permission problem.
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