What does the useMasterKey column in the _User class is useful for ?

[somq]

I know there is a limitation where a given user can't edit any other users than himself (except by using masterkey) for security reasons.

I have a case (which seems trivial in this kind of dev) where I need to edit others users while one of my users is logged in as admin. I bypassed the issue by using a cloud function and checking by-hand if the user has the right role to edit another one.

By default in the _User class there exists a useMasterKey column. I guessed that this column could eventually be set only by using the masterkey and then the user would be able to CRUD on any object and behind the hood it would use the masterkey but it seems I'm wrong.

So, could you tell me what does this column is useful for ? Is there any dev planned behind it ? Am I using it the wrong way ?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

[flovilmart]

There's no useMasterKey column in the user table you may have created it when saving the user with

user.save({useMasterKey: true})

instead of user.save(null, {useMasterKey: true})  as per the correct usage of the API.

http://parseplatform.org/Parse-SDK-JS/api/v1.11.1/Parse.Object.html#save

[somq]

Many thanks @flovilmart. I must be exhausted not being able to think that out by myself...
So, I'm having the right approach by using cloud function for the admin stuff ?

[flovilmart]

You should be fine as long as you roles are tightly controled.

[somq]

Alright, thanks again for your answer, good evening!