Hi there!

Is there a way to avoid the usage of a key when the admin wants to create a new user?
I mean, under /admin/user/user/create there´s no way to create a new user without assigning him/her an OG key.
I´m using this module in a mandatory way to new users under user/register, but I want the admin to have the liberty to create new users by hand without assigning them to specific groups... is that possible?

Thanks for your advice!
Rosamunda

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Rosamunda commented

I´ve opened this as a support request, but as the module won´t allow even admins to create a new user without assigning him to a specific group... I think this is more like a bug...?

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marcp commented
Category: support » bug

@Rosamunda - I'll switch this to bug report, and I understand your frustration with this "feature." Hopefully someone else will get a chance to supply a patch -- it might be a little while before I get to the og_reg_keys issue queue.

In the meantime, I suppose a workaround would be to create a "dummy" group for users who are getting added this way and put the users in there. I know it's not ideal, but at least there's a workaround.

Other ideas, anyone?

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Rosamunda commented

Thanks for your reply!!!
Yup, that´s what I´ve been doing. But as I have a block to show users all groups that they belong, it´s weird to see that dummy group too :)

Hope someone has an alternative...
Thanks!!
Rosamunda

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Rosamunda commented

Gee, it seems that nobody has any alternative way of doing this.
For now I´ve created this dummy group, but I must confess that it´s pretty annoying to work like that ;)
It´s weird that nobody else reported this behaviour...

Rosamunda

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marcp commented

Yeah, I agree that this is an annoying "feature"! You can probably hide that dummy group from the block that shows all groups that the user belongs to. Is that the one remaining problem with this workaround?

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Rosamunda commented

The dev version is from July... is this bug solved in there?
Thanks!!
Rosamunda

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marcp commented

No, unfortunately it's not in there. You can see the CVS commit messages for the module via the link on the OG Reg Keys project page.

I think there was something strange that happened on Drupal.org that created dev versions for everything in July.

This is still a valid issue, though, and I would welcome a patch from anyone who can provide one.