By eodonnell on

I have setup the simple access module and everything appears like it would work. However, in "access control" the permissions tab settings seem to over-ride any setting I setup in simple access. In the node.module permissions settings, if "access content" is checked, all content is viewable by that role regardless of simple access. If "access content" is unchecked, no content is viewable.

What am I missing? Please help!

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dublin drupaller’s picture

dublin drupaller commented

Hi eodonnel,

I didn't have the same hassles.

you should have ACCESS CONTENT on for all roles and then use the SIMPLE ACCESS tab (it's a new tab under ACCESS CONTROL) to control who can see which node.

It sounds like you haven't setup an Access Group...i.e.

  1. go to ACCESS CONTROL -->> SIMPLE ACCESS and setup a group of role types.
  2. Make sure your ACCESS CONTENT is ON for all roles.
  3. EDIT a node you want to be kept private and you should see a new option at the top of the node edit page..where you can specify the SIMPLE ACCESS control for that node.
  4. Save the node, log out or log in as a non-admin role type and check the node you just set the access control for

Hope that makes sense...it's an extremely well thought out module...one of the better node access control modules available imho. Am hoping the module maintainer updates it so each user can control the privacy level of their nodes...at the moment it's only usable by people with ADMINISTER NODE access.

Dub

Currently in Switzerland working as an Application Developer with UBS Investment Bank...using Drupal 7 and lots of swiss chocolate

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eodonnell commented

Hi Dub -

Thanks for the suggestion - I agree, it seems like a great simple solution - but I still can't get it to function. I've set up multiple simple access groups and actually just removed all but one to continue testing. Access Content is checked off for all my roles and I've editted a couple nodes with different simple access settings to test with...but they're still viewable by all role types.

I'm running 6.2 and have a lot of modules running (OG, a few of the taxonomy ones) - do you think there's a conflict? I also have three different "sites" all running on the same database. I did have taxonomy access installed, but removed it...maybe something went wrong...

Thanks,

eodonnell

dublin drupaller’s picture

dublin drupaller commented

Hiya..

2 quick things..

1. ACCESS CONTENT should be ON for everyone. not checked OFF as you have it.

2. The taxonomy_access.module (as far as I can remember) required a hack to the taxonomy module..so maybe that is giving you grief. I remember trying it before and getting unusual problems with other modules around the same time and decided to work without it. I didn't look into it too deeply at the time, but, perhaps I patched the taxonomy.module in the wrong way..which was the source of the problems

I have simpleaccess.module working fine in a Drupal 4.6.3 test site. I don't have the OG, the taxonomy_access.module or any other node acess control add-on modules installed.

So your guess of a conflict is a good one...my 2 cents guess would be that it might be a legacy of the taxonomy_access.module. Did you remember to "un-patch" the taxonomy.module after removing taxonomy_access and tidy up your database?

hope that helps..

Dub

Currently in Switzerland working as an Application Developer with UBS Investment Bank...using Drupal 7 and lots of swiss chocolate

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bomarmonk commented

I just installed simple_access with my Drupal 4.6.3 installation and with my existing taxonomy_access setup. The difference may be that I'm using the somewhat experimental node_access module (http://drupal.org/node/24868). I have set up the view permissions to use the logic template: simple_access AND taxonomy_access. So far, so good. But now I need to get workspace to pickup editable nodes for individual users. Phew.

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timeToy commented

I have the same issue eodonnell is having, Drupal 4.6.3, a few modules (Blog Theme, Captcha, Forward, Image, Legal, Mail, Sitemenu, Voting and Xstatistics) and I can't get Simple Access to work, it install properly, I set up a couple of groups, assign some Roles to them, then enable/disable the group in the content page, but I can't get a node not to be displayed...

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timeToy commented

I actually fix my issue by deinstalling Simple Access and reinstalling it (
Admin-> Access Control->Simple Access->Deactivate)

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bmargulies commented

If a node has a current input filter that is not permitted to the current user, you can grant access all day and all night to no effect.

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newbuntu commented

I am running drupal 5.7. When simple access was first installed, it was not working.

I un-installed it (first un-check in the module list, click save configuration), then I went on selected "uninstall" (on the very top of the page, next to "list"), and un-installed the module.

After I re-installed it, I saw a green message on the top of the page that reminded me to re-build node permissions, which I did (it's easy, i don't have many posts).

Now it's working. So I am not sure whether it's the re-install made it work or the re-build permission.

Just wanted to share it here. I knew how frustrate it's when it's not working :(