I've set up different roles and when I add/edit content I want to be able to check who can view this page by simply checking the applicable roles, is this possible? If so, how?
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Sounds like the Node Access module is what you're after - http://drupal.org/project/nodeaccess
"Nodeaccess is a Drupal access control module which provides view, edit and delete access to nodes. Users with the 'grant node permissions' permission will have a grant tab on node pages which allows them to grant access to that node by user or role. Administrators can set default access controls per content type, and also define which roles are available to grant permissions to on the node grants tab."
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I have a Drupal 7 site with single SSO via the LDAP module, which allows us to run the site as n Intranet and users that hit the site with IE will get automatically authenticated using their active directory credentials.
I have a personnel directory content type that holds a list of all of our employees and some of their stats (photo, email, phone number, etc.).
The problem I want to allow the logged in user to be able to edit the node in the personnel directory page that represents them, but because there is no relation between the logged in user and the nodes under the personnel directory content type I am not sure how to go about allowing users to edit their own entries?
The personnel directory page is automatically populated/updated via feeds (it looks at our AD, and pulls down users and updates them if it detects updates in AD meta data).
Somehow I need to tie the logged in user to the specific node, any idea how I could automate this as there are over 300+ nodes/users.
Ultimately, I'd like to have a "edit personnel bio" link that they can link, that will link based on their [current logged in user ID] it will allow them to edit the correct node in the [personnel directory] content type.
I hope this was clear enough to point me to some direction.
Thank you.
basically you want to create a user "role". Then in your permissions page (the one with 1000 checkboxes) you can add edit access to your "personnel bio" content type (or fields) for just that user role.
Then in your template you provide the user a link to the same page with /edit in the url.
Make sure the user has permissions to edit the node of that type. Upon creation of the node via feeds, create a rule (use the Rules module https://drupal.org/project/RULES) to change the creator of the node to that user's uid.
Add another field in the user's account to match their AD username to tie them together. To do this, create a module as seen at https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/8253/how-to-add-extra-fields-to-user-profile
I'm trying to set-up an access control system in CiviCRM to restrict access of certain users to certain custom data field sets. I'm planning to use Civi ACLs to achieve this, though my understanding is that they are overridden by Drupal permissions, and therefore the 'CiviCRM: access all custom data' checkbox must be unchecked within Drupal permissions. I will then be able to use ACLs to allow access to these fields to only the users I want.
My problem is that I've created a Drupal role 'crm user' with this box unchecked, but when I log in as a user with this role I can still see all the custom data, which I shouldn't be able to do. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong? Are there any other Drupal permissions that need to be removed?
Ensure that your 'crm user' role has the minimum required permissions. As noted in #Flying's answer, the 'Administer CiviCRM' permission gives users access to thee whole of CiviCRM and therefore overrides the 'access all custom data' permission.
Note that if you are using custom data fields in exposed profiles or forms that need to be accessible to anonymous users or logged in users then those roles will need to have the 'access all custom data' permission so that they can see and complete those fields, so you'll need to be careful about setting up your user roles and permissions.
Once you have your Drupal permissions doing the right thing you can then move on to setting up the ACLs that you need within CiviCRM.
If the user has the Drupal access of "Administer CiviCRM", that would override the "CiviCRM: access all custom data"-setting.
So any user with the Drupal access of "Administer CiviCRM" can access CiviCRM custom data, regardless of the "CiviCRM: access all custom data"-setting.
I've tried the "Protected Node" module, but that goes to the 404 instead of the password prompt page which it's supposed to give.
Also tried the "Simple Access" module, and after getting it to control access, realised that it still shows users the "edit" menu and there doesn't seem to be a way to switch it off for them.
Thanks to anyone who can help.
I have used the "Node Access" module before. But for one site I had to work on recently, I needed something that allows me to restrict access for anonymous users on a single page. Only visitors, who have received the password should have access.
Installing the Node Access module and creating a specific role seemed to be an overkill for this limited requirement, and I went with the "Protected Pages" module, which allows to set a password for a certain path. (d7 only)
Access to the admin is usually controlled via the user permissions as for limiting access to a specific page, this could be achieved with Panels.
Use NodeAccess module to restrict that page based on role.
Users with the 'grant node permissions' permission will have a grant
tab on node pages which allows them to grant access to that node by
user or role.
I am using the calendar module with its iCal support for Drupal 6. I have made my event type which appears on the iCal feed. However, I want to make the event content type private, so only authenticated users can read it. By doing this they will not show on the iCal feed. Is there any way that I could get the iCal feed to still show these events?
I agree with calebthorne that normally a feed is public; I can understand the need of making a feed public for a group of users, and not to the anonymous users.
If the feed is created by a view, then you can change the view, and restrict its access to the users you want.
As you can see in the screenshot, you can restrict the access to the users with a particular permission, or to the users with a specific role (authenticated user is one of them).
Hmmm... I would give the Node Access module a look. I use this module to restrict access to content based on content type. I have never tested whether this works in conjunction with the Calendar module but it is worth a shot.
Some more details about the Node Access module (from its project page):
Nodeaccess is a Drupal access control module which provides view, edit and delete access to nodes. Users with the 'grant node permissions' permission will have a grant tab on node pages which allows them to grant access to that node by user or role. Administrators can set default access controls per content type, and also define which roles are available to grant permissions to on the node grants tab.
The upshot is, this module allows you to do things like 'node 123 can be viewed by authenticated users and edited by admin users and joeuser'. As an added bonus, update and delete permissions are separated, so you can make sure users with edit permissions cannot accidentally delete pages.
How do I give a specific user editing rights to a specific node?
I have a user role named "Student". Multiple users have that role, only a few of them can edit a node. How can I realise this?
I'll try and cover a few use cases, with how I would solve them:
If all members of a category of users can edit any node of a certain type
Create a new role for that subset of users ('Super Students', as Emyr suggested) and grant them 'Edit content of type' permissions through Drupal's core permission system (no node access module required)
If all members of a category of users can edit specific nodes
Create a new role for that subset of users and grant them edit permissions on the specific nodes (a node access modules is required, such as Node Access or Content Access). This will also require that someone has the permissions (and time) to grant access to the role whenever a new node is created.
Some users can edit some nodes; there is no 'elite' group of users who can edit all nodes, and not all members can edit the same nodes
This will require a node access module, such as Node Access or Content Access with ACL. There will also need to be administrative users who have the permission to grant other users access to edit the nodes.
Allow users to grant others access to edit a node they have created.
I implemented this recently with a user reference CCK field and Node Access User Reference. You can grant users permission to edit their own nodes through the core permissions system and they can then add other users to the user reference field. In my case creators are not given that permission and I set up the default value of the field to the creator's user id, which allows a user to remove themselves from being able to edit the node.
These all assume there is no categorization for your content. You may be able to utilize node access modules based on Taxonomy or Organic Groups if your content and users are organized sufficiently.
For sort of abnormal permissions stuff like this, I've always found that a small custom module is the way to go. General node access modules have to be general enough to be useful for a lot of different cases, which generally makes them sort of messy and confusing.
For this specific one, you could create a module that implements hook_nodeapi and on $op==prepare, check the user's ID against your user reference and do a drupal_goto the access denied page if they don't match up.
You can do this with Flexi Access. Giving a specific user the "update" privilege on a node will allow him to edit the node.
For more options, see the page: Overview of Node Access modules # Drupal.org.
Have you tried either Node Access or Content Access?
If only a subset should be able to edit nodes, you need an additional "super student" role.
The Node Access module may help you set appropriate permissions on the nodes. Here is an excerpt from its project page:
... provides roles and user specific security permissions for menus, menu items, nodes, and security integration into the administration and help systems. We would like to provide this suite of modules back to the community to share the usefulness of the suite and involve the community to provide additional support, testing, and moderation.
Special care was taken to ensure the usability of permission management was consistent across all sections of the system (nodes, menus, menu items). Also each security module uses a cascading security scheme to allow global security and the option to override or define exceptions to the security model for individual items.