Refs #29419, #8936 -- Removed change permission requirement for admin actions.

Partially reverted 825f0beda8.

django/contrib/admin/options.py

@@ -861,9 +861,6 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         # want *any* actions enabled on this page.
         if self.actions is None or IS_POPUP_VAR in request.GET:
             return OrderedDict()
-        # The change permission is required to use actions.
-        if not self.has_change_permission(request):
-            return OrderedDict()
 
         actions = []
 
@@ -1692,8 +1689,6 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         # Actions with no confirmation
         if (actions and request.method == 'POST' and
                 'index' in request.POST and '_save' not in request.POST):
-            if not self.has_change_permission(request):
-                raise PermissionDenied
             if selected:
                 response = self.response_action(request, queryset=cl.get_queryset(request))
                 if response:
@@ -1710,8 +1705,6 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         if (actions and request.method == 'POST' and
                 helpers.ACTION_CHECKBOX_NAME in request.POST and
                 'index' not in request.POST and '_save' not in request.POST):
-            if not self.has_change_permission(request):
-                raise PermissionDenied
             if selected:
                 response = self.response_action(request, queryset=cl.get_queryset(request))
                 if response:

docs/ref/contrib/admin/actions.txt

@@ -340,9 +340,6 @@ Conditionally enabling or disabling actions
     Finally, you can conditionally enable or disable actions on a per-request
     (and hence per-user basis) by overriding :meth:`ModelAdmin.get_actions`.
 
-    This doesn't return any actions if the user doesn't have the "change"
-    permission for the model.
-
     This returns a dictionary of actions allowed. The keys are action names, and
     the values are ``(function, name, short_description)`` tuples.
 

tests/modeladmin/tests.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from django.contrib.admin.widgets import (
     AdminDateWidget, AdminRadioSelect, AutocompleteSelect,
     AutocompleteSelectMultiple,
 )
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission, User
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import models
 from django.forms.widgets import Select
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, TestCase
@@ -676,18 +676,6 @@ class ModelAdminTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(perms_needed, set())
         self.assertEqual(protected, [])
 
-    def test_get_actions_requires_change_perm(self):
-        user = User.objects.create_user(username='bob', email='bob@test.com', password='test')
-        mock_request = MockRequest()
-        mock_request.user = user
-        mock_request.GET = {}
-        ma = ModelAdmin(Band, self.site)
-        self.assertEqual(list(ma.get_actions(mock_request).keys()), [])
-        p = Permission.objects.get(codename='change_band', content_type=get_content_type_for_model(Band()))
-        user.user_permissions.add(p)
-        mock_request.user = User.objects.get(pk=user.pk)
-        self.assertEqual(list(ma.get_actions(mock_request).keys()), ['delete_selected'])
-
 
 class ModelAdminPermissionTests(SimpleTestCase):