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Board Permissions
« on: December 18, 2021, 10:48:20 pm »
Hi,
I would like to make a board read-only except for a specific individual who should have the right to create posts as well. How do I do that? I am not quite sure how to do this. I see how I cam make the board read only, but I am unclear how to give read-write access to a particular indiviual.

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Re: Board Permissions
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2021, 11:10:56 pm »
You would need to create a unique membergroup for that one user to set custom permissions
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Re: Board Permissions
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2021, 11:31:02 pm »
Here is what I cannot quite figure out:
I created a new membergroup and assigned the user to the membergroup.I created a board that is read only. Both my regular members  and the new membergroup are allowed groups.
Now how do I assign the membergroup to the board so that the new membergroup can post, but not the others?


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Re: Board Permissions
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2021, 12:41:08 am »
In that case you would need to create a custom permission profile. Then assign that board a permission profile
Permission profiles are assigned to individual boards to allow you to easily manage your security settings. From this area you can create, edit and delete permission profiles.


Under Admin -> Permissions -> Edit Profiles.
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Re: Board Permissions
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2021, 07:28:14 pm »
I am still hopelessly confused... I have a hard time understanding the difference between board permissions and group permissions and profiles.

1. I create 2 membergroup profiles Group 1 and Group 2. I want both Groups to read and write all Boards except the special board. Group 1 should be only able to read the special board and Group 2 should be able to read and write the special board. The two Groups have the same permissions, but Group 2 has only one member, the member that should have read/write access to the special board.

(Question 1: when I create a group, what is the difference between "inherit from" and "Based off of".Question 2: When I select "board the membergroup can see", does "see" mean read and write?
2. So now, I go to the Board itself. What do I selecti as the Permission profile. I should think it should be Group 2? or read only? and what do I put as allowed groups Group 1 or Group 2? In fact I want both Groups to see the board, but only one should edit it.
I am really confused.



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Re: Board Permissions
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2021, 01:30:36 am »
ok, finally figured this out after a lot of trial and error. A worked out example would have been helpful since the distinction between board and member permissions and profiles is not obvious.
« Last Edit: December 21, 2021, 03:45:59 am by wapiza »

 

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