[BlueOnyx:04671] Re: Read only gui user

[enid vx]

Ok, I understand.
But is there a way that this feature could be enabled in the future?

Thnx,

Enid

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Michael Stauber <mstauber at blueonyx.it>wrote:

> 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
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