MXS-2824: Document basic user privileges

The documentation was not clear on what the difference between admin and basic accounts is.
2020-01-07 09:57:15 +02:00
parent 6306519e5e
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--- a/Documentation/REST-API/Resources-User.md
+++ b/Documentation/REST-API/Resources-User.md
@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ following fields.
 * `data.attributes.account`
  * Set to `admin` for administrative users and `basic` to read-only users

+Only admin accounts can perform POST, PUT, DELETE and PATCH requests. If a basic
+account performs one of the aforementioned request, the REST API will respond
+with a `401 Unauthorized` error.
+
 Here is an example request body defining the network user _my-user_ with the
 password _my-password_ that is allowed to execute only read-only operations.