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Adds a field to User showing who created the user and creates permissions around that field.
Configuration
Configure the user permissions in Administration » People » Permissions:
- Edit User Created By field: Roles assigned this permission can edit the field after it's populated at a user's creation. Reminder that Administrators can always edit this field.
- View User Created By field: Roles assigned this permission can see the field. Useful to share the information without allowing users to edit the field.
After install, you can output the field where desired.
- Recommended to show it at least on the People page found on Administration » People. To accomplish this, please edit the view found in Administration » Structure » Views and add the field to the People view.
- For non-Administrative roles to edit, please remember to add it to the appropriate Form Displays.
Warning
This module adds a new field on the User entity when installed. It will remove that field (and the data) when it is uninstalled. You can comment out those lines in ./user_created_by_field.install before uninstalling to keep the new field and content. As always, please remember to have proper backups of your database.
Example use case
When viewing a list of users, you can determine which were anonymous (created themselves) and which were created by current users. Want to know who added a new Editor to the site? This module can tell you.
Installation
Install as you would normally install a contributed Drupal module. Visit https://www.drupal.org/node/1897420 for further information.
FAQ
Q: Why don't I see the new field?
A: The field is part of the User entity. You will need to add it to a View and Form display.
Q: What happens when I uninstall the module?
A: The installed field and content of that field will be removed from your database.
You can stop this by uncommenting out the code in user_created_by_field.install
file before uninstalling.
Similar Modules
User Created By - uses a new entity to track. The module 'User Created By Field' (this page you're looking at) adds a field to the User and permissions around that new field rather than use a new entity.
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Project information
Maintenance fixes only
Considered feature-complete by its maintainers.- Project categories: Access control
200 sites report using this module- Created by eahonet on , updated
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