[BlueOnyx:04669] Re: Read only gui user

[Michael Stauber]

Hi enid vx,

> In one BQ server (also in another BO server) I want to open a GUI web user
> with read-only permissions so he can view all the virtual sites and can
> monitor (only view) the users space for overquota.
> 
>  I go to Server Management -> Server Administrators and open a new user
> there, tried different configurations with "Extra Abilities" & "Available
> Abilities" but no success.
> 
> 
> Is this possible, if yes can you help how to open this user.

Sorry, but that is not possible at the moment.

There are two separate (hidden) switches in the backend for each user 
("ui_enabled" & "enabled"). But for practical purpose a user is either 
"enabled" and can do anything a "normal" user can do, or he's "disabled" and 
can't even login to the GUI or any service.

The two separate switches hint that the original Sausalito developers may have 
considered having users with "read only" permissions for the GUI, but didn't 
follow this idea through all the way for practical purposes: 

Part of the problem here is that the GUI logins are "linked" to the system 
logins. So if you disable a user so that he cannot use FTP, Email and so on, 
then this also removes his ability to login to the GUI itself. 

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber