[Zope] nested user folder question

[Chris Withers]

AM wrote:
> Can similar usernames be used in different user folders for e.g. 
> username user_1 is in user_folder_1_1 and in user_folder_3_2_1 and have 
> different roles??

yes.

> I tried it and it doesnt allow me to do that,

What leads you to believe that?

> also all roles seem to be 
> inherited even though the type of user folders are different (one is 
> custom and the other is stock).

Well, nesting user folders isn't always the best way to go...

> However even though I cant create users with similar usernames, the 
> users in top level user_folders dont seem to percolate down so that I 
> can  assign them specific roles. 

Sounds like you want 'local roles'. Click the link on the security tab of one of 
your folder objects.

cheers,

Chris