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Add views bulk operations action to update access status of lots of nodes in bulk

Project:Content Access
Version:6.x-1.x-dev
Component:Code
Category:feature request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:active

Issue Summary

I'd like to change the access rules for a load of nodes in one go without having to edit each one's access rules individually. Can anyone see a way of doing this? I see that this module has Rules integration, but I'm working with Drupal 5 so that won't work. The nodes whose access rules I want to change are all tagged with the same taxonomy term, if that makes things easier.
Thanks

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#1

Status:active» closed (fixed)

I thought I could do this with WorkflowNG but apparently there's no integration with taxonomy, so if anyone has any ideas, I'd be grateful. Thanks.

#2

Status:closed (fixed)» active

#3

Version:5.x-1.5» 6.x-1.x-dev

Thoughts on this for version 6? I looked into VBO but did not see anything.

#4

You need a different module such as this http://drupal.org/project/tac_lite

#5

Same issue - I'd like to be able to restrict access to individual users, and I'm not even using Taxonomy on this site (a homebrewed project management application with client-specific tickets and the like). The combination of 'Content Access' and 'ACL' works perfectly for this - until I need to change the user which has access, or grant a second user access. With a configurable action and VBO this would be a matter of a few clicks, but without it, the whole application becomes unmanageable after a while.

I simply can not believe that there is no way to bulk edit ACL or individual access grants, especiallially since this module is so tighly integrated with Rules and has such a large user base. I'm posting in the hope that we have overlooked something - if not, I'd suggest to close this issue as "won't fix".

Thanks!

#6

Hi,

do you want individual settings per user or per role?

You can easily update lots of nodes using Node Convert (http://drupal.org/project/node_convert).

Just convert nodes to destination content typ and ACL will be set to dest. typ. You can create tempalte and use it with Views Bulk Operarions (VBO).

greetz Crusher

#7

Node Convert for bulk editing access permissions? I don't think that I like this idea.

Since there seems to be no VBO integration for Content Access/ACL, we moved to 'Taxonomy Access Control Lite' as suggested in #4. It's not as comfortable as CA/ACL, but it seems to work smoothly, and it can be updated very flexibly by bulk updating terms with VBO.

#8

Why not using the Rules integration?

#9

Title:How to change access status of lots of nodes in bulk?» Add views bulk operations action to update access status of lots of nodes in bulk
Category:support request» feature request

This definitely should be a feature of this module.

A views_bulk_operations action would suffice.

#10

Or does the post in #8 mean to:
Set up a rule, then use the rules - views_bulk_operations integration to have views bulk operations trigger the rule.

nobody click here