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D7 Permissions Module
(the name is not set in stone; it may be inappropriate to name a module after a version of Drupal, even if it is somewhat applicable as in this module)

The D7Permissions module aims to port some of the useful functionality that has been included in the Drupal 7 roles and permissions system into Drupal 6.

After enabling the module, you can specify the order of roles on a revised permissions page via a drag-and-drop interface. Additionally, this page includes minor updates such as displaying all roles (aside from anonymous) as "checked" when a permission has "authenticated user" checked.

I have not been able to find any modules (for Drupal 6 at least) that provide this functionality. It's very useful for websites with a lot of roles and long permissions pages to deal with.

The functions that build and submit the "set permissions" form were adopted from the core User module and are largely untouched. This seemed the most secure solution.

The jQuery code that performs the "dummy checkbox" function has been ported from Drupal 7. This script requires jQuery 1.3.x+, thus this module's dependancy on the jQuery Update module.

This module requires the "administer permissions" permission to use any of its features. The code shown at the link below has passed the Coder review without any errors.

You can view an example of the module here: http://sandbox.csdesignco.com/?q=admin/user/d7permissions
(username: drupal, password: drupal)