[geeklog-users] User can't change story they created. . .

Tony Bibbs tony at tonybibbs.com
Wed Feb 11 12:34:11 EST 2004


Ah, yes.  This is correct.  It's not different than unix file 
permissions.  You may have write access to a file in a folder but if you 
don't have write access to the folder itself you are SOL.  Let us know 
if this fixed your problem.

--Tony

TechFan wrote:
> I checked out the FAQ. . .had to read it slowly.  So, essentially what I am
> getting is that I need to give the Topic Admin edit access to the topic (she
> is also Topic Admin) so that she can edit the topic.  She can create
> stories, but unless she has edit access to a topic. . .the edit access to
> the story doesn't do any good.  Correct me if I am wrong.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vincent Furia" <vmf at abtech.org>
> To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
> Cc: <lists.sf.net at ourholm.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-users] User can't change story they created. . .
> 
> 
> 
>>TechFan,
>>
>>You may be having the same problem as "knobby".  See this forum post
>>(specificlly Dirk's response):
>>
>>http://www.geeklog.net/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=3&showtopic=30359
>>
>>-Vinny
>>
>>TechFan wrote:
>>
>>>I was trying to show a non-admin user (is story-admin) how to post news
>>>articles today. . .she was able to create a story and typed in the info,
>>>then decided to draft the story.  After that she could only view the
> 
> story,
> 
>>>if she tried to edit the story, it gave the message about not having
> 
> access
> 
>>>to do that to this story.  She was the owner though?  Yes, permissions
>>>allowed owner to edit. . .kept the default other permissions. . .what is
>>>happening and how can I let her edit the story without making it group
>>>editable?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>
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