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I'm trying to give a new user role permissions to access the Administer > Content Management > Content page. I've read several articles on several modules (Content Access, Simple Access, Node Access etc), but I can't seem to get a good handle on this whole permissions and content management topic. What do I need to allow a user to find and edit existing content? Thanks.
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To give a user role access to
To give a user role access to yourdomain/admin/content
1. Go to User management > Permissions or yourdomain/admin/user/permissions
2. Under the Node module column check the permission boxes for administer nodes
3. Under the System module column check access administration pages
4. Save
Just that easy... Thanks!
Just that easy... Thanks!
Not a good solution
I am having problems with the same issue. I have tried this solution but found it not satisfying.
I have different content types and different user roles. One user role should only add/edit/delete one content type. It is annoying that these users will see the whole administration menu even though they cannot even access most of the links. I could live with that but even worse: If I grant access to administer nodes they are able to add/edit/delete/view other content types which is not indended.
I tried the workspace module, but this only allows to edit my own content. Is there another solution out there?
Check out the content access
Check out the content access module - http://drupal.org/project/content_access
Ok, so I've installed the
Ok, so I've installed the Content Access module. All of my content types are configured the same (Access Control tab). The user can now edit any content from the Administer > Content Management > Content page, EXCEPT for Story. They can edit all of my CCK content types. Why can't they edit Story???
One more issue... When the
One more issue...
When the user clicks on Edit from the Administer > Content page (trying to edit a story), she gets "Access denied." In Permissions, all the Story permissions are enabled in the Node Module section. What gives... how can I allow her to actually edit the nodes? Thanks.
Any suggestions guys? What am
Any suggestions guys? What am I missing here?
Do you have any other
Do you have any other permission modules installed? Have you modified the story content type in any way or is it the same as when you freshly installed Drupal?
This is the only
This is the only access/permission module I have installed (besides what is installed with Drupal). I have added some CCK fields to my Story content type.
Re: Permissions for Administer Content
Review of the issue: You wanted to give a user role permission to access and edit content at: admin/content so you followed these steps:
1. Go to User management > Permissions or yourdomain/admin/user/permissions
2. Under the Node module column check the permission boxes for administer nodes
3. Under the System module column check access administration pages
4. Save
Note: the permission “administer nodes” - Allows the user to create, edit, and delete nodes of all types. This overrides all the create/edit own/edit options for specific content types. More about core module permissions at: http://drupal.org/node/132202
You reported that these steps allowed the user to access admin/content and edit all content types except Story. You reported this issue before you enabled the content access module so the problem is isolated to something related to the Story content type.
Page and Story are core content types that have default fields of: Title and Body. You mentioned adding additional fields to the Story content type. Since the permissions for Page are working fine then please:
1. Compare Page and Story and note the differences.
2. Create a new content type and then test each difference between Page and Story to see how it affects the permissions.
If this doesn't identify the issue then it may save you a lot of time to hire someone to view your site and resolve the issue. You can request paid help via the forums at: http://drupal.org/paid-services or via IRC - see: http://drupal.org/irc
Hi cmsquickstart, Thanks for
Hi cmsquickstart,
Thanks for the thorough post. Concerning your first 1,2,3 and 4, check... I did all of these steps (did them again and re-saved).
Correction: I said that I added CCK fields to Story... I did not. I forgot that I actually created a different content type altogether. So, comparing Page and Story, they both look exactly the same... no differences.
After fiddling around for quite some time, I found the difference:
The user gets Access Denied for nodes where the body Input Filter is set to Full HTML. I don't see anywhere in Permissions that references the Input Filter.
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input formats are set by role at admin/settings/filters.
Awesome... that fixed it!
Awesome... that fixed it! Thanks for everyone's help!
It is annoying that these users will see the whole administratio
"It is annoying that these users will see the whole administration menu even though they cannot even access most of the links."
Did anyone find a solution to get rid of the extra menu links that only give the editor an access denied error ? (site-building / site-configuration)
Maybe Content Administration should no be positioned inside the administration section, just like the create content link.
Any help would be appreciated
solution
This module provides the solution to this problem.
https://www.drupal.org/project/view_unpublished