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Operation Manual Index
Go to System admin->groups->Edit Groups page.
The Edit groups page begins with a section called Edit Groups (see Figure 2.7, Edit Groups). This allows you to select a specific group to work with and modify. Initially 3 default groups already exist, as described above.
Select a group from this list and click modify.
http://xoops-end-user.com/xoops03/xdocman/img/en/xd-001/edit_groups.png Figure 2.7. Edit Groups
The modify group page is returned (see Figure 2.8, Modify Groups). You can now change the name of this group and give a meaningful description in the form boxes provided.
Looking further down the page you will see 4 sections, which represent the 4 sets of rights that can be defined in the permission system. In every section, ticking a checkbox will grant this group the rights as described. If the checkbox is unchecked, this group will not have access to the selected resource.
Note
Whenever you make changes to the settings on a page, you must click the Update Group button at the bottom before changes take place.
Lets look at each set of rights individually.
System Admin Rights - As their name says, System Admin Rights are rights that will control access to the System module. Each item in this sections represent an item found in the Administration Menu->System Admin->Preferences menu. In order to see the System Admin module in the Administration Menu->Control Panel Home page, at least one item has to be checked in this section!
Module Admin Rights - As for the Module Admin Rights, the Module Access Rights section lists all the modules currently installed on your site. In order for a group to access a particular module, the corresponding item must be checked in the present section. In addition to not being able to access a module which item has not been checked, the members of the group will not even see that module through the Main Menu. For example: if, for the anonymous users group, the News module is checked, when they visit your site, the News module will be shown in the main menu and they can access the content (pages) of News. If the Forums module is unchecked it will not show up in the main menu, and they will not be able to access any content in the Forums module.
However, using the search function, a member of this group will be able to perform a search in module for which his group does not have access. Of course, the member will only be able to see the title of the items returned by the search and will not be able to actually access the item.
Block Access Rights If a module has specific blocks that are available as part of its functionality, they will appear in this section. Each block can be assigned a position on the page (this is detailed in the block section of this manual) If we have already assigned a page position to a block, it will be seen in that position in the Block Access Rights section.
Each block displayed is given a system ID number. The name is also a hyperlink to a block edit page. For further information on the Block Edit page, please see Section 2.5.3, Editing a block.
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