ACL
salvis - October 7, 2006 - 20:54
The ACL module is an API for other modules to create lists of users and give them access to nodes. It has no UI of its own and will not do anything by itself; install this module only if some other module tells you to.
I'm aware of the following modules using ACL (let me know if you know of others):
- Content Access (uses ACL to provide by-user access control, if it's installed)
- Forum Access
- Image Gallery Access
A BETA version for Drupal 6.x is ready for testing in 6.x-1.x-dev. However, see below!
Open issues (these affect all node access control modules, not just ACL!):
- PostgreSQL and Drupal Core 5&6 (#249008: PLEASE REVIEW! — PostgreSQL bug in Drupal Core 5&6): please go to #128846: Rewritten PostgreSQL queries fail and review the patch in #70 (#69 for D6), so that it can get committed!
- Drupal Core 6 (#246162: Bug in Drupal Core 6.2 silently disables half of the node access mechanism): a fatal bug silently disables half of the node access mechanism; ACL cannot work properly until #153998: Inconsistent permissions in forum, poll and blog modules is fixed; the patch is committed and will appear in Drupal 6.3.
- Another Drupal Core 6 bug (#151910: Support subqueries, db_rewrite_sql broken) makes the Event 6.x-2.x module incompatible with any node access module (#222128: D6 Event module's use of HAVING is incompatible with db_rewrite_sql()).
Releases
| Official releases | Date | Size | Links | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.x-1.6 | 2008-Mar-12 | 10.31 KB | Download · Release notes | Recommended for 5.x |  |
| Development snapshots | Date | Size | Links | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x-1.x-dev | 2008-Apr-29 | 11.12 KB | Download · Release notes | Development snapshot |  |
| 5.x-1.x-dev | 2008-May-08 | 10.68 KB | Download · Release notes | Development snapshot | |