fix: Remove CreateUser deny in readonly and readonlyconsole policies

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Removes CreateUser deny from the two policies, and changes IsAllowedActions to DenyOnly on ChangeMyPassword instead of CreateUser

CreateUser used to be the permission needed to change one's own password, which lead to CreateUser being deny only in IsAllowedActions, which in turn lead to the addition of a deny of CreateUser in readonly policy. We now use ChangeMyPassword for self-password changes, meaning the deny only and thus the deny in the policy are both now unnecessary.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Updated read-only policies to remove an unnecessary restriction on user creation.
  • Corrected self-service permission handling so password changes are recognized appropriately.
  • Improved policy evaluation for implicitly enabled actions and explicit deny rules.
• Tests
  • Updated policy validation to reflect the revised permissions.
  • Added coverage for deny-only, allow-then-deny, and allow-only policy scenarios.

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The change removes explicit CreateUserAdminAction denies from readonly policies, updates policy tests, and changes IsAllowedActions to treat CreateServiceAccountAdminAction and ChangeMyPasswordAdminAction as implicitly granted DenyOnly actions.

Changes

Policy semantics

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update canned policies and validations policy/constants.go, policy/constants_test.go	The readonly and consolereadonly policies no longer deny CreateUserAdminAction. Their tests now reject any Deny statement and require an Allow statement.
Align implicit action evaluation policy/policy.go, policy/policy_regression_test.go	IsAllowedActions marks CreateServiceAccountAdminAction and ChangeMyPasswordAdminAction as DenyOnly. Regression tests cover explicit denies and actions that require an explicit Allow.

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This change correctly separates self-password changes from user creation, but removing the explicit CreateUser deny means a separate CreateUser grant can now take effect when combined with a read-only policy. The change is mergeable with owner awareness and follow-up to confirm affected policy assignments do not unintentionally grant user creation.

Suggested reviewers: 0xmalvee, harshavardhana, klauspost

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A rabbit checks each policy rule
Old user denies leave the school
Two self-service actions stay
DenyOnly marks their careful way
Regression tests keep logic cool

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In `@policy/policy_regression_test.go`:
- Around line 86-111: Refactor the HasDenyStatement edge-case coverage into a
table-driven test: define named cases containing each Policy value and expected
HasDenyStatement result, then iterate with t.Run and assert the result for each
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In `@policy/policy_regression_test.go`:
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