By DupleMeter on

I'm sure this has been asked before, but a search didn't turn up anything relevant, so my apologies in advance if this is a tired subject.

I'm about to start a website project that will require clients to have a private user area (1 area per client that is only accessible to that client via a username/password), but all these areas should be accessible to the admin users of the site. Is this possible with Drupal? What I see is the ability to lock an area by usergroup or level, but not by specific user.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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ray_223’s picture

ray_223 commented

The "Private" module adds a checkbox to the edit page that once ticketed only allows the current user or an admin to see the content.

http://drupal.org/project/private

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DupleMeter’s picture

DupleMeter commented

thanks for the reply - unfortunately that's a bit too simple for my needs. From the description it seems that any private area is viewable by any user with 'private area' access.

With multiple clients needing access to their own private areas and the need to keep the out of other clients' areas, that doesn't pose enough granualrity in the permission.

For instance, if I had 3 private areas (nodes I assume is the term), and each one can only be viewed/accessed by only 1 user account, as such:

BobsPrivateArea can only be viewed by user: Bob and the site admin
AlicesPrivateArea can only be viewed by user: Alice and the site admin
PatsPrivateArea can only be viewed by user: Pat and the site admin

but in each case those users cannot acces the other private areas without explicit permission on a user level.

Does that makes sense, and is it at all possible with Drupal?

Thanks for the help.

rernst’s picture

rernst commented

Have you tried organic groups? It's probably not optimal (and would depend upon the number of users you have) but it does offer a way to enforce 'group access only' permissions.

balsagoth’s picture

balsagoth commented

How do you resolved your problem? has gone a long time that this question was posted, but my needs are the same that you describe above.
Thanks.

Stew-bee’s picture

Stew-bee commented

Besides Organic Groups here are two more ideas.
User Module, CCK, and CRMs http://drupal.org/node/688286
Custom module http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/node-access-drupal-7