[Zope-CMF] Editing Permissions

Tres Seaver tseaver@palladion.com
Sun, 05 Aug 2001 08:23:33 -0400


hisinbs wrote:

> Another newbie issue.  I have installed Zope 2.3.3 and the CMF1.1 w/ 
> Options and it has been some fun just getting around in the parts and 
> figuring out what is going on.  But I am stuck on a permissions for 
> members issue.  
> 
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> I set up three members and each has a specific role.  The members 
> folder, I assume, will acquire permissions from the CMF Site root. 
> 
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> What permissions option should be set to give a member the ability to 
> edit his/her content, but not content throughout the portal or other 
> members content.
> 
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> After thinking I had everything set up to trial, I found out that any 
> member could edit any content, including the portal main pages.


On the "Security" ZMI tab of your CMFSite, make sure that the 'Member'
role doesn't have 'Add portal content' or 'Modify portal content';

those permissions should be mapped only to 'Manager' and 'Owner'.


This is a bug in CMF 1.1.


Tres.
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