By DaveNotik on

Hi all:

I am the first administrator of a Drupal site. I can see the [Edit] tab to edit any and all content, even if I didn't create it.

I created an Admins role and gave nearly all permissions including the ability to edit nodes. Still, though, the [Edit] tab does not show for users having this role. How do I make it appear?

Thanks for any help!

--Dave

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webchick
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under node module in administer >> access privileges.

Though note that that this will also give everyone the right to delete any node as well.

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DaveNotik commented

Thanks for the reply. I have that option set, but it does not work.

In administer > access control, under "node module", the "administer nodes" setting is checked for the "admin user" role, a custom role I set up. (It is *not* set for the system's own "anonymous user" and "authenticated user" roles, though I believe I had tried turning these on as well to see if this solved the issue.)

Logged in as a user under the "admin user" custom role, I can edit my own content, but [Edit] does not appear for certain content I didn't create while for others it does (with no obvious reason as to why).

My objective is that certain priveleged users (those in the custom "admin user" role I set up) should be able to edit everything, including surveys, stories, and any post.

Please help! Thanks so much. :)

--Dave

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DaveNotik commented

vauxia in #drupal helped me discover the fix:

Even if "administer nodes" is checked for that role, [Edit] may not show up unless the filters are enabled for that role as well in the table at administer > input types (e.g. Full HTML must be checked for my custom "admin user" role).

That fixed it.

It seems to me this is really not intuitive. Can someone submit this as a usability issue, or direct me on where to do so myself?

Thanks!

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C-Watootsi commented

Thanks for putting this solution down, DaveNotik - I had been having exactly the same problem. On the forums there are quite a few, largely unsolved questions concerning this issue too. Did you post as a useability issue?

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Jim Ruby commented

I ran in to this and I am using Drupal 6.16.

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bermin commented

Not Working in 4.7

Doesn't matter if your custom role is selected within the input format or not, they can edit all conent with "administer nodes" checked.

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xicanista commented

I set up permissions so certain authenticated users can edit the pages they own.

The problem is that when they go to the content menu *all* pages are displayed for editing, not just the ones they have created. Pages they do *not* own have a red asterisk. There is nothing stopping them from clicking the edit link.

Do I not have something configured correctly, or is that how the permissions are implemented?

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kerrizor commented

I set up permissions so certain authenticated users can edit the pages they own.

Where's the setting for that? I've been looking for a couple hours..