Field permissions reset to default (no access) after updating the field

You wouldn't happen to be using the contrib module Login Toboggan, do you? I'm investigation a problem that sounds like yours and I've tracked it down to Login Toboggan.

Then your problem is likely the one described in this issue: #1365764: Adding logintoboggan.permissions.js causes error if Drupal.settings.LoginToboggan not set.

Just for reference, it sounds like there's another conflict with LoginToboggan too: #1407564: CSS conflict with logintoboggan, prevents using Custom Permissions (field_permissions module)

But if I understand this issue correctly they are actually not the same bug...

Hello there!

I am having the same issues on our site. However, I'm not using LoginToboggan. Do you have any other suggestions on what this could be?

If anyone is experiencing the same thing now, could you provide more information here? A few things could be happening.

Some questions:

- Do other settings on the field save properly? -- Label, Help text, Number of values, etc?
- If you set the permission to "Public" or "Private" do those options stay (in other words, is this purely an issue with the "Custom Permissions" option?
- Do the settings seem to work otherwise? (Are custom permissions applied, even if they're forgotten?)
- Is there any chance you're trying to save the permissions on a per-instance level, instead of a per-field level? (In other words, saving a Body field as "public" on Articles, then seeing values overridden for the Body field on a Page.)

I have a 'List (text)' field on a RedHen Contact (7.x-1.12) entity type. I also have LoginToboggan (7.x-1.5) enabled/configured. I've tested editing the Label, 'Help text', 'Default Value', and 'Allowed values list'. All these actions remove the custom permissions I had setup.

In Console, I get this Error when I have the edit page open for the list field:

(anonymous function)	@	logintoboggan.permissions.js?ohc8gv:41
jQuery.extend.each	@	jquery.js?v=1.8.3:611
jQuery.fn.jQuery.each	@	jquery.js?v=1.8.3:241
$.fn.once	@	jquery.once.js?v=1.2:55
Drupal.behaviors.permissions.attach	@	logintoboggan.permissions.js?ohc8gv:17
(anonymous function)	@	drupal.js?ohc8gv:76
jQuery.extend.each	@	jquery.js?v=1.8.3:605
Drupal.attachBehaviors	@	drupal.js?ohc8gv:74
(anonymous function)	@	drupal.js?ohc8gv:504
fire	@	jquery.js?v=1.8.3:974
self.fireWith	@	jquery.js?v=1.8.3:1084
jQuery.extend.ready	@	jquery.js?v=1.8.3:406
DOMContentLoaded	@	jquery.js?v=1.8.3:83

Hi granticusiv

Have you tried applying the patch from https://www.drupal.org/node/1365764#comment-10286257 ? That preAuth error points to that.

Also, the 7.x-1.0 full release of Field Permissions is a more recent version and should at least warn you if you are getting this console error (and not lose your permissions). Can you try upgrading and see if that helps?

I am experiencing this issue too. When I resave my field settings the permissions get reset. My changes (help text, default value, etc.) get saved. After each resave I need to set permissions again.

My setup:

- version 7.10 of field permission
- latest drupal core
- behaviour appears for text field
- other field related modules installed: field group, form tips, dependent fields, field default token, node limit

Maybe one of these other modules causes the issue?

@ThuleNB -- are you seeing any javascript errors on the page?

I'll check out the module with those other modules to see if I can replicate. I suspect that it's conflicting JS.

Thanks for your quick reply. I am not much of a coder but tried to look for a JS error and recognized that one:

TypeError: Drupal.settings.LoginToboggan is undefined
logintoboggan.permissions.js:41:7

Shame on me, this was already mentioned above. I'll follow the related issue for LoginToboggan and see if it solves things for me.

Field Permissions does not support Drupal 7.