[geeklog-users] Setting up individual control over topics

[stephen white]

On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 09:27 PM, Norm Green wrote:
> create group CompSci 101 and make user part of group   make topic and
> set so only CompSci 101 has right to see it

I have the following set up:

	group cs101, nothing selected
	group students, nothing selected

	lecturer1, in group cs101
	student1, in group cs101 and students

	topic compsci101, owned by lecturer1, group cs101, permissions re, r, 
-, -.
	topic students, owned by Admin, group students, permissions re, r, -, -

This creates the behaviour that the student can only see the compsci101 
topic if they're a member of the cs101 group.

What effect does the "e" have? I can't see any difference between 
lecturer1 and student1.

Next problem is that if a student is in cs101, and students... then if 
I give them any extra privileges in students (eg, topic.submit), then 
they also get them in cs101. How do I limit privileges to the 
associated topic area?

I've tried using the "e" permission but I can't see what this does. 
This means that making the topic owned by the lecturer has no effect 
that I can see.

Basically, all the problems stem from each topic needing to be as much 
like an independant weblog as possible. The permission system comes so 
close, but the global nature of the permissions make it so far...

Any help would be appreciated. I need to get this going by next week so 
it looks like it'll be a busy weekend for me...

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   steve at cs.adelaide.edu.au