topic Re: How to configure permission for Commentator role in Alfresco Archive

How to configure permission for Commentator role

im2x3m4u — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:12:03 GMT

Hi All,I've been turning around for a week to figure out how to implement a commentator role. This role only can read and reply a discussion but not to create/upload content, neither a space/sub-space (this is what Contributor role do).I've try to make custom role Commentator but no success. I can't

Re: How to configure permission for Commentator role

andy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:02:34 GMT

Hi

It is not possible to do this at the moment. It will be possible in the medium term.

Cheers

Andy

Re: How to configure permission for Commentator role

im2x3m4u — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:51:45 GMT

Does Alfresco 2.9b resolve this issue?

Best,
Adi

Re: How to configure permission for Commentator role

priyanka_nayak — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:42:03 GMT

Even I have doubt regarding this..I have created a new role.For this role I have to create custom permission e.g Make ad assignments..Now for this new permission where do I have to code..

Please reply..
Priyanka

Re: How to configure permission for Commentator role

ctrl — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:04:06 GMT

Hi All

I am not sure if I understand exactly what you are trying to achieve but as far as I know you are able to create custom roles in Alfresco. All the details have to be included in the
WEB-INF\Classes\alfresco\model\permissionsdefinitions.xml

Assuming you are creating a custom role for Ã¢â‚¬Å“CommentatorÃ¢â‚¬

Re: How to configure permission for Commentator role

jdyer — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:51:38 GMT

Sorry to revive an old thread, but I have the same issue as the original poster. Basically I need either a new role that is a Consumer with the added ability to post comments, or a new role that has read plus comment privileges. Is this possible now?

I'm using 4.2.b community BTW.

Re: How to configure permission for Commentator role

abarisone — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:02:19 GMT

Hi,
you can achieve this modifying the permissionDefinition.xml file and putting it under WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/model.
There is a section stating:

<!– ================================================ –>
   <!– Permissions available to all content and folders –>
   <!– ================================================ –>
   
   <permissionSet type="cm:cmobject" expose="selected">‍‍‍‍‍

There you can define your own permissionGroup with the permission you need.
As you can see there all default permission levels are defined.

Regards,
Andrea

Re: How to configure permission for Commentator role

jdyer — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:33:01 GMT

Hi,
you can achieve this modifying the permissionDefinition.xml file and putting it under WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/model.
There is a section stating:
<!– ================================================ –>
   <!– Permissions available to all content and folders –>
   <!– ================================================ –>
   
   <permissionSet type="cm:cmobject" expose="selected">‍‍‍‍‍
There you can define your own permissionGroup with the permission you need.
As you can see there all default permission levels are defined.

Regards,
Andrea

Andrea,
Thanks for the quick response. While I do have a background in web development, I have little experience with a Java/Tomcat apps. Could you help me out with what I would need to do to allow the Consumer role to also post comments? I tried this:


<permissionGroup name="Consumer" allowFullControl="false" expose="true" >
          <includePermissionGroup permissionGroup="Read" type="sys:base" />
          <includePermissionGroup permissionGroup="Write" type="fm:forum" />
</permissionGroup>
‍‍‍‍‍‍

but that caused an error when starting up tomcat. I think that should be close, but not sure if I'm using the correct string in the type field. Any help here would be appreciated. Thanks!