I also don't see any problem with changing default security group description for normal user.
** Changed in: neutron Status: New => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to neutron. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1406253 Title: Updating default security group from non-admin user should raise error Status in OpenStack Neutron (virtual network service): Opinion Bug description: Trying to update default security group from a non-admin user should raise an error but the operation succeeds normally. The code should be updated so that it raise a conflict while updating default security group from a non-admin user. Steps to replicate (Running commands from a non-admin user) :- 1. $ neutron security-group-list +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------------+ | Id | Name | Description | +--------------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------------+ | 8465d644-cc78-47c6-a699-e14a11ad9f21 | default | Default Security Group | +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------------+ 2. $ neutron security-group-update 8465d644-cc78-47c6-a699-e14a11ad9f21 --description test +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------------+ | Id | Name | Description | +--------------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------------+ | 8465d644-cc78-47c6-a699-e14a11ad9f21 | default | test | +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------------+ Hence, a non-admin user is able to update the default security group. Expected Result :- 3. $ neutron security-group-update 8465d644-cc78-47c6-a699-e14a11ad9f21 --description test Conflict (HTTP 409) (Request-ID: req-13b287c5-8ef9-4414-8263-c0c5feee9071) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1406253/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp