Use of the "__anonymous" group for projects/(layers) groups/layers visibility

[gioman]

What is the question? (in English)

I was under the assumption that the "__anonymous" group was a (special) group that contained everyone visiting LWC while not logged.

But that do not seems to be the case as if I specify "__anonymous" for a "group visibility" property, the project/layer/etc is not visible also for not logged users, almost as if "__anonymous" is considered as a real group.

The difference between leaving "group visibility" empty and using the "anonymous" group is clear, and is between showing something always (user logged or not) and showing something when a user visits LWC while not logged.

Did I get it wrong? Or is not working as expected?

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LMWC 3.6.10
QGIS Desktop/Server 3.28.15
LM plugin 4.2.2

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Ubuntu 22.04

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[gioman]

I understand now (because I really never had a similar use case before) that the logic is the same used when choosing roles/groups in LWC repositories permissions: "anonymous" applies to everyone, logged or not so not only to not logged ones (which is a bit counter-intuitive also with the difference that in LWC backoffice "anonymous" must be checked and in LM plugin the visibility property must be left blank, which is a bit consistent I guess).

Anyway I think there are use cases where it would be desirable to have "anonymous" really apply to only users that are not logged.

[Gustry]

Anyway I think there are use cases where it would be desirable to have "anonymous" really apply to only users that are not logged.

It's technically possible if you put a single comma I think. But this is very hacky. A proper way should added indeed.

[gioman]

It's technically possible if you put a single comma I think. But this is very hacky. A proper way should added indeed.

@Gustry thanks, I will give it a try. The label for this ticket should be changed I guess.