Permission priorities

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sparkster
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Permission priorities

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When I setup the CVS version here, I am obviously part of the Administrators group and the Registered Users group. The problem is that when I set permissions for a forum so admins can see it but reg'd users can't, I can't see it because my membership to Reg'd Users is taking priority. I've gone into Manage groups in the ACP and made Admins default but it's still happening. Is there something obvious I'm missing or is it a bug that I wouldn't dare report yet? ;)

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Re: Permission priorities

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Yes, you don't see Registered Users to "No", you leave them on unset. As the "instructions" say, No takes precedent.

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Ahhh, thanks man :D It's always the stupid stuff I overlook :roll:

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My understanding of it, is that it is going to follow the same type of permissions hierarchy as a lot of operating systems and database systems

This means that:
No will override everything - if a user has a setting of no from one of the groups they are in or directly, it will mean that permission is no
Yes will override unset - if a user has yes from one group or directly and any other groups they are in have this permission unset it will mean that this permission is yes
Unset - This means that the permissions inherited from other sources will be used, but if all sources of permissions are unset it will fall back to no

The outcome of this is that you may fin people being blocked from things that you think they should be allowed to do, but you should not get people being allowed to do things that you have explicitly blocked
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Re: Permission priorities

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Perhaops there should be some kind of "View Effective Permissions" or whatever feature, as there is on the Windows NT Platfrom - shows you what the users are actually allowed to do, just in case you've over looked something.
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Re: Permission priorities

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There will probably be a "View conflicts" system. But of course if you have a suggestion this isn't the place to post it, is it?

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Oooops. :oops:
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Re: Permission priorities

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In my experience, "Unset" really serves as kind of a "soft no" in that it serves as no until you grant them a yes permission elsewhere. In determining permissions, I personally have been reserving the use of "No" for selectively removing a single person or group's permissions. In the initial permissions setting, I didn't use No at all, though depending on group overlap, this may or may not be fully extendible.

Especially with permissions like "Posts are moderated", using "No" in the permissions for Registered Users or something would be a bad idea. It'd prevent you from singling out a user and moderating their posts, since the "No" would overrule. So unless you're trying to override a "Yes" somewhere, avoid using "No" at all.

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Re: Permission priorities

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I was really happy that this thread came up, because now I understand and can avoid some potential future problems. Thanks everyone.
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