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The help message for `cmd serverside-tasks` has not been updated.

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Documentation
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Tech stack
python
Domain
cli

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Open web/client/codechecker_client/cli/cmd.py around the help text for cmd serverside-tasks and compare it with the behavior described in commit fd9f405c9d0f09b7b89040818347edd27590cf21. Update the outdated help wording to match the current behavior, then check the command’s help output to confirm it is accurate.

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Description

The help message for cmd serverside-tasks has not been updated in the following commit.
https://github.com/Ericsson/codechecker/commit/fd9f405c9d0f09b7b89040818347edd27590cf21

web/client/codechecker_client/cli/cmd.py
line 1323:
'--kill' is only available to SUPERUSERs!

line 1356:
Listing is only available for the following, privileged users:

  • For tasks that are associated with a specific product, the PRODUCT_ADMINs
    of that product.

line 1909:
In addition, for server
administartors, allows requesting tasks to cancel execution.

Normally, the querying of a task's status is available only to the following
users:

  • The user who caused the creation of the task.
  • For tasks that are associated with a specific product, the PRODUCT_ADMIN
    users of that product.
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