Forcing an anonymous user into a role
I was thinking that I could set a users role based on the users IP or a URL they go to, say via an e-mail link that was sent out or something, and then use nodeaccess module to control access to certain nodes based on their role.
Here is the problem. How can I actually set the user's role, how do I show the user as "being logged" in, and how do I make sure that nodeaccess is checking the set role properly.
I tried doing something like this:
$GLOBALS['user']->roles[sizeof($GLOBALS['user']->roles)+2] = "anonymous KNOWN IP";However I think node access doesn't check the $GLOBALS['user'] array, it just checks the user ID and then looks up in the DB if that user is in a role.
Do I need to force them into a logged in user account that is within a role?
This is part of an intranet type of schema, where I want a very large pool of users to be able to view certain nodes but not the whole world.
I know there are issues of IP spoofing, but this is a fairly low security level type of situation. No NDA information or anything.
The system knows how to
The system knows how to distinguish between anonymous and authenticated users. If you want to create different roles, you should probably create roles for authenticated users. I believe there is a module that can create roles and assign roles during registration.
I haven't seen anyway to create roles for anonymous users.
Hope that helps.
User Roles
Take a look at http://drupal.org/project/logintoboggan. This may have what you are looking for.
Steve Halleman
Unfortunately
I am not sure what this has to offer me... it seems like a well supported module, but I think it's not what I am looking for.
Thanks!
Well here's the problem
I want two "roles" of anonymous users. I know it can tell if a users is anonymous, but using it conjunction with nodeaccess where I can limit access to specific "roles" to specific nodes means I have to put the other "anonymous users" into a "role" and give access to nodes to that role.
Let's look at it this way.
There is the whole world... and they are "anonymous", and then there is a subset of users and I without a doubt know that they will have a specific ip address in a specific range of ip's, but I don't want to require them to be logged in just to see a node.
I want to make it very easy for this known user pool to access node's I give them access to.
So my plan of attack was to set a role or user id if someone had a specific ip address and wasn't logged in already. I called this the "Anonymous KNOWN", meaning I know they should have access I just don't want them to have to log in or even realize they are "logging in", I also don't know who they are what their e-mail account is, or anything like that, and I don't care.
It seems like what i really need is some combination of node access and an intranet module all put together. That's really what I am after, I was just willing to kludge something together to get it to work and then possibly find a solution if someone found it. I have seen some talk about this, but nothing set in stone.
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This is exactly what I need to do too: I have a private site that I want people to be able to log in to from home, and use in the building without logging in. So basically, anonymous users from a particular IP need to be recognized and given a role.
Hi, maybe this:
Hi, maybe this: http://drupal.org/project/ipAuthenticator is what are you looking for... it's quite new, check it before go to public site!
Regards!
-thePanz-
Hi, maybe this:
Hi, maybe this: http://drupal.org/project/ipAuthenticator is what are you looking for... it's quite new, check it before go to public site!
Regards!
-thePanz-
Eureka!
I totally forgot about this thread, but I posted something on the nodeaccess module in regards to it:
http://drupal.org/node/213867
Wondering if that ipAuthenticator resolved the login loop issue I had to solve as well.
It would seem that this is a good out of the box solution, and using it in conjunction with nodeaccess, gives you really granular control.