[BlueOnyx:04673] Re: Read only gui user

[Richard Morgan]

My solution was to share admin access with them but the user was seriously aware that if they clicked anything it might cause problems/downtime and cost them for a fix.  This keeps them a little scared... a healthy attribute in users.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: enid vx 
  To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List 
  Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:31 PM
  Subject: [BlueOnyx:04671] Re: Read only gui user


  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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