pages table admin_users field

[PurpleEdge]

In the pages table there is a field called admin_users - if I add the userID of the person who created that page to the admin_users field then only that user can edit that page - which is exactly what I want!

Is there a backend method for setting the values of admin_users?

[BerndJM]

No,
I think you mix something up:
You want  a special person to edit a special page:
So grant the rights for this page to the person (via backend).
There's no need to make it via dtabse-tables.

Regards Bernd

[PurpleEdge]

Thanks Bernd,

How do I set permissions at a user level? I can only see options to create access restrictions at a group level?

Regards,

Geoff B

[BerndJM]

Thats right,
you can only grant the permissionsd to a grup, then you have to admit this user to the group,
thats a little bit "difficult" ... but the way the WB system works - similiar to the "normal" Linux User/Groups permissions.

[PurpleEdge]

OK, if I do that it means any member of a group can edit pages created by every member of that group.

If I add the creators UserID to admin_users  for a page then ONLY that user is able to edit the page.

That is exactly what I want - it works perfectly, except there is no backend method to implement it - apparently?
 

[BerndJM]

member1 -> group1  can edit pages of group1

member2 -> group2 can edit pages of group 2

member3 -> group1 and group2 can edit pages of both 1 & 2

Where is the problem?

[PurpleEdge]

Hi Bernd,

The only problem is that it is unnecessary, and this is a cumbersome option when the functionality already exists in a much simpler technique. I was just wondering if there was a backend method to set this, I can easily update the database when necessary.

Regards,

Geoff B

[BerndJM]

you've had a look in your pm's?

[CodeALot]

Still the initial question remains unanswered here. The field admin_users is indeed a great way to grant one user (regardless which group he/she belongs to) admin-rights to a specific page, but there is no back-end solution to assign users in an easy way. I.e. you'll have to go into phpMyAdmin to do that. Not a really big deal, but it would be nice to have a back-end solution to this.

So the quesion still is: Who is capable of writing a core-replacement for the admin-assignment part of the backend, so we can not only assign Groups to be administrators for that page, but individual users as well?

[PurpleEdge]

Bernd seems to think this field and/or access restriction, might not be supported in the future? That is the real question. Which is a pity, since it is such a handy technique!