Add admin permissions for user only to a container [#919442]

Hello,

I tested to add admin rights to an user for only one container but user will able to administer all containers and forums...

I think it's a problem with the forum access view permission. The user is a member with access at all containers and forums like a normal member. I tried to give a new role admin permissions for only one container but the role can administer all containers and forums because of the forum_access view permission to see and use the other forums...
Any solution how the user can USE all forums but only can administer the defined container?

Comments

Comment #1

salvis

he/his

CreditAttribution: salvis commented 23 September 2010 at 10:44

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» Closed (works as designed)

No, this is working as designed. 'administer forums' is a global permission, and it is only overridden for forums where a user does not have View permission.

Even if you withhold View, the forum administrator can still see all forums on the admin/content/forum page, because drag&drop reordering wouldn't work otherwise.

IOW this is not intended to give administrative access to only one or two forums.

Comment #2

JohnnyX CreditAttribution: JohnnyX commented 23 September 2010 at 13:28

Ok, doesn't match my requirements :(
I would give a member a "own" container to administer (add, delete and edit) forums. It seems that is not possible with Drupal at the moment.

Thanks for your answer, salvis.

Comment #3

JohnnyX CreditAttribution: JohnnyX commented 23 September 2010 at 18:08

Maybe http://drupal.org/project/og_forum is the solution I'm searching for... I will try it :)

Comment #4

JohnnyX CreditAttribution: JohnnyX commented 23 September 2010 at 22:57

Ok, forum_access UI isn't shown in og_forum... Group admin can create, edit and delete forums but can't use forum_access settings...
Maybe the best solution at the moment for me :-\

Comment #5

JohnnyX CreditAttribution: JohnnyX commented 26 September 2010 at 09:20

I'm searching and testing some possible solutions but no one works for me...

I need a local admin permission which gives one role administer permission for a (existing) forum container (create, edit and delete forums). I not mean global administer forum permissions! Only local to the container. I try to give a member (role) permissions to administer a small part of the hole forum. With forum_access I have to ban that role from all other forums(!) to administer only one container. I think that isn't a good and useable solution :(

forum_access is a really great module! The best one to create private forums but not for my setup.

Could you think about add a "administer container" feature to improve forum_access module?