Basics: Understanding Drupal's Permissions

Matt Petrowsky — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:13:07 +0000

The Situation - You've just started your new Drupal site, and you're wondering how you'll manage those thousands (hopefully hundreds of thousands) of users and what they can and can't do.

You've entered the realm of Permissions. You click on the link titled Permissions, in the Users area, and I'd like to welcome you to the "Checkbox Maze Game". You proceed to create all your roles according to the people who will be using your site. This includes your Assistant, your Junior Admin, some Moderators and various other roles. But wait...!!! Stop! Don't check that box!

There may be a better way to manage permissions which will be more flexible in the long run. I personally remember my first try at the Checkbox Maze Game and it's through my experience that I present this video about understanding Drupal's permissions and how it's much more straight forward when someone just tells you how it works.

To get you started, did you know the only role that needs the checkbox 'post comments' checked is authenticated user?*

*(unless you're going for something much more complex)

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Basics: Understanding Drupal's Permissions