Protected content

By ac on 30 Aug 2005 at 06:24 UTC

Hi there. New to drupal. Loving it so far. I have a question that I hope someone can help me with. I can't seem to figure out how to protect content. Is there a way to define what content can be seen and by whom. For example I would like a number of articles to be visible only to registered users. Furthermore I would like certain menu items only available to registered users. For the integration of a intranet/website this functionality is impertive but i can not seem to find it. Am I blind or is this not possible?
Thank you
Alex

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Ive found out how to control

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Perth

commented 30 August 2005 at 08:21

Ive found out how to control blocks and content on a user basis but i am still struggling with controlling menus for users. Any help?

have the same problem

lycka commented 31 August 2005 at 09:41

I just want that just some roles have access to some pages. I din't find out how to do...

Would be nice, if you could give me a short hint.

Thanks

lycka

node privacy byrole

crac commented 31 August 2005 at 09:53

this can be achieved with the module node_privacy_byrole:

http://drupal.org/project/node_privacy_byrole

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menu items cannot be

crac commented 30 August 2005 at 08:28

menu items cannot be restricted to roles, therefore I would create an own block with php, where you decide whether or not the user can see the entry or not depending on its role:

  $roles = array(); 
  $result = db_query("
    SELECT r.* FROM {role} r 
      INNER JOIN {users_roles} ur ON r.rid = ur.rid
      WHERE ur.uid = %d", $user->uid);
      
  $output .= '<ul>';
  while ($role = db_fetch_object($result)) {
    switch ($role->name) {
      case 'Team Admin':
        $output .=  '<li><a href="/?q=node/xx">Team Admin</a></li>';
        break;
      case 'Reporter':
        $output .= '<li><a href="/?q=node/xx">Reporter</a></li>';
        break;
      case 'Editor':
         '<li><a href="/?q=node/xx">Editor</a></li>';
        break;
    }
  }
  
  $output .= '</ul>';
  print $output;

Not sure if it realy works, but it should ... ;-)

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Block very needed

Andrzej7 commented 30 August 2005 at 09:38

Such a block is very useful and I'm looking for such.

Sorry, but this doesn't work (I'm not a programmer - I can't tell why)

Andrzej

Here's one that works..

Dublin Drupaller commented 30 August 2005 at 09:43

Hi Andrzej7

here's a block snippet that works:

http://drupal.org/node/13266#comment-29543

Dub

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right, probably its the

crac commented 30 August 2005 at 10:48

right, probably its the missing

global $user;

which has to come at the beginning of the code ... sorry for that!

futhermore it could be that you have to return the output instead of printing it directly. change the last line as follows:

// print $output;
return $output;

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Thanks for the answer

Andrzej7 commented 31 August 2005 at 07:38

My code looks like that:

<?php
  global $user;
  $roles = array();
  $result = db_query("
    SELECT r.* FROM {role} r
      INNER JOIN {users_roles} ur ON r.rid = ur.rid
      WHERE ur.uid = %d", $user->uid);
  $output .= '<ul>';
  while ($role = db_fetch_object($result)) {
    switch ($role->name) {
      case 'reporter':
        $output .=  '<li><a href="/?q=node/1">Reporter</a></li>';
        break;
      case 'autor':
        $output .= '<li><a href="/?q=node/1">Autor</a></li>';
        break;
      case 'Editor':
         '<li><a href="/?q=node/xx">Editor</a></li>';
        break;
    }
  }
  $output .= '</ul>';
// print $output;
return $output;
?>

I'm not a coder - sorry (maybe I made a mistake), but it still doesn't work.

Andrzej

requirements

crac commented 31 August 2005 at 08:50

Make sure the following things apply:

1) The role names in the switch-statement are case-sensitive, so make sure your role names really equal the ones in the code.

2) You have to save the block with content-filter php code.

Do both things apply to your environment? Because I tried the code now and it works for me ...

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It helped

Andrzej7 commented 3 September 2005 at 06:45

Thanks

I checked all and the problem was: Admin didn't see anything, he wasn't in this roles. I'm used to see everyting as an admin.

The block works. It's very helpfull. Thanks !

Andrzej

I am using the node_privacy_byrole module

dkaragiozov commented 30 August 2005 at 12:13

Hi, I had a similar questions/problems as yours - the DRUPAL is an open community system and thus the access rights are not very granural...

I've installed the node_privary_byrole module (from the CVS) and there you can define that a given node is visible/editable only to specific roles.

Hope this helps...

Diman Karagiozov
Tetracom IS Ltd.
http://www.tetracom.com

.. and thus the access rights are not very granural.

Bèr Kessels commented 2 September 2005 at 22:01

They are EXTREMELY granular. taxonomy_access, node_priivacy_by_role are just examples of that. It is a bit baud to just make a statement like that. Esp since it is not true.

Drupal, out of the box, is simple, yes, but it allows you to develop or install modules that have extreme power over access. I have never seen a platform/CMS that gives such access granularity as drupal.

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transparent admin

designanddraft commented 17 July 2008 at 00:37

drupal 6.x, v6 transparent admin
I am looking for transparent administration, open, visible and sometimes editable admin settings with security. based on permissions, locked individually (as a node?), password protected, view and/or edit choice for admin inserted at the top or bottom of all admin/settings pages. even better, password or radio button next to every settings choice as viewable and/or editable similar to form field protect. a prominent notification to the user, “you can view this page of administration settings, if they require edit, please email administration with your request link”. Possibly even attached comment or site note section, ability to insert instruction or voting widget.
I gather this is the approach taken by adding access control to the core and maybe it is similar to drupal core building. I have been looking at everything I can find and I’m not a programmer yet, so I need to pass what I’ve found on to someone else here. If someone can put these pieces together or have experience with something similar with any version 4,5,6,7. i'm listing this at all of these locations aswell. Rsvp, elisa