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    <title>topic New role that allows checkout, but not checkin of content in Alfresco Archive</title>
    <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-role-that-allows-checkout-but-not-checkin-of-content/m-p/209461#M162591</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Hello, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I created a space called "SSS", and I would like all users in group_SSS to be able to create new content, as well as be able to check out content created by other users.&amp;nbsp; Only the owner of an object should be able to edit an object, and to checkin other users modifications.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;In order to do that, I modified the file permissionDefinitions.xml&amp;nbsp; to add new role ModifyOwn :&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;permissionSet type="cm:cmobject" expose="selected"&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; …&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;permissionGroup name="ModifyOwn" allowFullControl="false" expose="true" &amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;includePermissionGroup permissionGroup="Contributor" type="cm:cmobject" /&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;includePermissionGroup type="cm:lockable" permissionGroup="CheckOut"/&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/permissionGroup&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;permissionSet type="cm:content" expose="selected"&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; …&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;permissionGroup name="ModifyOwn" extends="true" expose="true"/&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;permissionSet type="cm:folder" expose="selected"&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; …&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;permissionGroup name="ModifyOwn" extends="true" expose="true"/&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;As you can see, I based my new role ModifyOwn on Contributor, plus I added the CheckOut permissions.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I restarted alfresco.&amp;nbsp; As admin,&amp;nbsp; I added to group_SSS the role $$ModifyOwn$$ to space SSS.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;However, a user in group_SSS seems to behave like a Contributor, ie it can modify its own objects but can't check out other user's object.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Could you please let me know what did I do wrong, or is there another way I should do this?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Thank You, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Andras&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I run Alfresco-Labs-3c on Linux.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:21:33 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>afrankel</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2009-01-06T19:21:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>New role that allows checkout, but not checkin of content</title>
      <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-role-that-allows-checkout-but-not-checkin-of-content/m-p/209461#M162591</link>
      <description>Hello, I created a space called "SSS", and I would like all users in group_SSS to be able to create new content, as well as be able to check out content created by other users.&amp;nbsp; Only the owner of an object should be able to edit an object, and to checkin other users modifications.In order to do that</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:21:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-role-that-allows-checkout-but-not-checkin-of-content/m-p/209461#M162591</guid>
      <dc:creator>afrankel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-06T19:21:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: New role that allows checkout, but not checkin of content</title>
      <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-role-that-allows-checkout-but-not-checkin-of-content/m-p/209462#M162592</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I thought of modifying web-client-config-actions.xml :&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;PRE class="language-none line-numbers"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;!– Checkout document –&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;action id="checkout_doc"&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;!– I ADDED THIS: –&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;permissions&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;permission allow="true"&amp;gt;Checkout&amp;lt;/permission&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/permissions&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;evaluator&amp;gt;org.alfresco.web.action.evaluator.CheckoutDocEvaluator&amp;lt;/evaluator&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;label-id&amp;gt;checkout&amp;lt;/label-id&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;image&amp;gt;/images/icons/CheckOut_icon.gif&amp;lt;/image&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;action-listener&amp;gt;#{CCCheckoutFileDialog.setupContentAction}&amp;lt;/action-listener&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;action&amp;gt;dialog:checkoutFile&amp;lt;/action&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;params&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;param name="id"&amp;gt;#{actionContext.id}&amp;lt;/param&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/params&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/action&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I also uncommented &amp;lt;action idref="checkout_doc" /&amp;gt; within &amp;lt;action-group id="document_browse"&amp;gt;.&amp;nbsp; Still, no effect.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The checkout menu action appears only for the document the user himself has created.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Does somebody have experience creating permission groups and playing with menu actions?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Thanks, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Andras&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:22:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-role-that-allows-checkout-but-not-checkin-of-content/m-p/209462#M162592</guid>
      <dc:creator>afrankel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-20T21:22:31Z</dc:date>
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