Drupal 6 version?

I don't think this module can be ported to D6 because of the logic in _menu_site_is_offline without hacking core: while in D7 a permission "access the site in maintenance mode" was added, D6 users without the "administer site information"-permission cannot access any portion of the site except /user, so they have no way of disabling maintenance mode (not even with the "administer maintenance mode"-permission introduced by this module.

Priority Critical means OMG everything is broken please fix immediately, which usually is not the case for feature requests, so I downgraded it to normal. See Priority levels of issues for more info.

Seems I was wrong, and there is a way to simulate "access site in maintenance mode"-permission that was added in D7 for D6, without needing to resort to core hacks.

Attached patch is a D6 port of this module based on code taken from Can multiple administrators access site in maintenance mode

Tarball of the full D6 port for easier testing.

#3 not working for me mr b but thanks anyhow. Added permission to administer site configuration and also the 2 new permissions to a super mod role but no entry im afraid.

sorry i take all that back. Boost module logged my super mod out as i went into maintenance mode. Works as expected. Thank mr b )