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User permissions.
user name
 2007-07-29 07:08:27 

  


  

    I have just installed blojsom, and I am trying to create new users to get familiar with the system.  My new users are created with and asterisk (*) as their list of permissions.  When they try to add a new entry they get the message, "You do not have permission to edit blog entries".   Logging in as "default" with the "admin" flavor lets me create a new user, but I cannot edit a user and change its permissions to something else to try improving the user's permissions.



The blojsom documentation mentions user blogs and user permissions being in a directory named ; $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/blojsom/WEB-INF/blogs/<blog user name>.&nbsp; Under .../WEB-INF/blogs, I only have the "bootstrap" and "default" directories.  To create a new user, do I have to also create a directory for them under .../WEB-INF/blogs?


Thanks,

Danny



  

  
  
   
     
    

  

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     user name

     2007-07-29 14:03:58
  


  

    

  


  

    I have gotten a little further:

1) I find that Weblog Settings/Blogs lets me create a new weblog.&nbsp; It also lets me create a user, password, etc. for the weblog.&nbsp; (Let's call this user dhoyle.)&nbsp; I now see dhoyle in the 
blojsom.DBUser table.&nbsp; There is also now a directory, .../WEB-INF/blogs/dhoyle, which answers one of my questions below.&nbsp; However, when I go to Weblog Settings/Users, dhoyle is not there.&nbsp; I also cannot login with dhoyle and his password.



2) After the above results, I decide to create dhoyle via Weblog Settings/Users, thinking that this is needed for dhoyle to be able to login.&nbsp; This results is a new row in blojsom.DBUsers, where all columns are essentially the same except for a different user_id (key).&nbsp; After creating this second version of dhoyle, I can now login, but dhoyle cannot do anything.&nbsp; He gets a message saying that he cannot add an entry, etc.


Still hacking along,

Danny

On 7/29/07, Daniel Hoyle < dhhoylegmail.com">dhhoylegmail.com> wrote:

I have just installed blojsom, and I am trying to create new users to get familiar with the system.&nbsp; My new users are created with and asterisk (*) as their list of permissions.  When they try to add a new entry they get the message, "You do not have permission to edit blog entries&quot;. &nbsp; Logging in as "default" with the "admin" flavor lets me create a new user, but I cannot edit a user and change its permissions to something else to try improving the user's permissions.



The blojsom documentation mentions user blogs and user permissions being in a directory named ; $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/blojsom/WEB-INF/blogs/<blog user name>.&nbsp; Under .../WEB-INF/blogs, I only have the "bootstrap" and "default" directories.  To create a new user, do I have to also create a directory for them under .../WEB-INF/blogs?


Thanks,

Danny







  

  
  
   
     
    

  

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     user name

     2007-07-29 19:42:32
  


  

    

  


  

    Now I am seeing a dim light:

1)  If any user with admin privileges adds a weblog, which must be named (<weblog name>) and assigned to a new user/password/e-mail address, this new user can login and modify the new weblog. The new user must use an accessing URL ending with with .../blog/&lt;weblog name>/?flavor=admin to edit the new weblog.&nbsp; Looking at the 
blojsom.DBUsers table, a user is associated with a weblog by the blog_id column.

2) The confusing Weblog Settings/Users process seems to attach a new user to whatever weblog is currently logged in to by the admin user. ; There does not seem to be any check for duplicate user IDs; therefore these new IDs can be the same as an ID created for a completely different weblog.&nbsp; That is, the user ID (owner?) of a weblog can attach multiple users to his or her weblog.&nbsp; Up to now, I have not been able to find anything constructive that these attached user IDs can do.  Most actions I try only produce a message saying that they do not have permission to do the action.


3) If a duplicate user IDs exist, I am not sure which one is used at login.&nbsp; I guess the weblog being logged in to must match the weblog_id associated with the user ID.  Whenever I get into the blojsom source, duplicate IDs will be the first thing I want to deny. ; I guess multiple users working on the same weblog is nice, but I have to see it working before I am convinced.


Still hacking,

Danny



On 7/29/07, Daniel Hoyle < dhhoylegmail.com">dhhoylegmail.com> wrote:

I have gotten a little further:

1) I find that Weblog Settings/Blogs lets me create a new weblog.&nbsp; It also lets me create a user, password, etc. for the weblog.&nbsp; (Let's call this user dhoyle.)&nbsp; I now see dhoyle in the 
blojsom.DBUser table.&nbsp; There is also now a directory, .../WEB-INF/blogs/dhoyle, which answers one of my questions below.&nbsp; However, when I go to Weblog Settings/Users, dhoyle is not there.&nbsp; I also cannot login with dhoyle and his password.



2) After the above results, I decide to create dhoyle via Weblog Settings/Users, thinking that this is needed for dhoyle to be able to login.&nbsp; This results is a new row in blojsom.DBUsers, where all columns are essentially the same except for a different user_id (key).&nbsp; After creating this second version of dhoyle, I can now login, but dhoyle cannot do anything.&nbsp; He gets a message saying that he cannot add an entry, etc.


Still hacking along,

Danny


On 7/29/07, Daniel Hoyle < dhhoylegmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
dhhoylegmail.com> wrote:

I have just installed blojsom, and I am trying to create new users to get familiar with the system.&nbsp; My new users are created with and asterisk (*) as their list of permissions.  When they try to add a new entry they get the message, "You do not have permission to edit blog entries&quot;. &nbsp; Logging in as "default" with the "admin" flavor lets me create a new user, but I cannot edit a user and change its permissions to something else to try improving the user's permissions.



The blojsom documentation mentions user blogs and user permissions being in a directory named ; $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/blojsom/WEB-INF/blogs/<blog user name>.&nbsp; Under .../WEB-INF/blogs, I only have the "bootstrap" and "default" directories.  To create a new user, do I have to also create a directory for them under .../WEB-INF/blogs?


Thanks,

Danny










  

  
  
   
     
    

  

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     country flaguser name
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     2007-07-29 20:33:43
  


  

    

  


  

    Well, the only downloads now available are blojsom 3. Take a look at the blojsom 3 portion of the wiki. 



In particular, the permissions page.




<http://wiki.blojsom.com/wiki/display/blojsom3/Permissions>



R20;If you want to give a user all permissions, use the following, all_permissions_permission”;





On 7/29/07 8:08 AM, "Daniel Hoyle"; <dhhoylegmail.com&gt; wrote:




I have just installed blojsom, and I am trying to create new users to get familiar with the system.  My new users are created with and asterisk (*) as their list of permissions.  When they try to add a new entry they get the message, "You do not have permission to edit blog entries&quot;.  &nbsp;Logging in as "default" with the "admin" flavor lets me create a new user, but I cannot edit a user and change its permissions to something else to try improving the user's permissions. 





The blojsom documentation mentions user blogs and user permissions being in a directory named  $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/blojsom/WEB-INF/blogs/<;blog user name>.  Under .../WEB-INF/blogs, I only have the "bootstrap" and "default" directories.  To create a new user, do I have to also create a directory for them under .../WEB-INF/blogs? 



Thanks,



Danny




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