[support] use uid1 or not Re: How to create "index" pages of content

[Shai Gluskin]

To me it seems that user/1 doesn't really fit the Drupal data model. You
have the instance of an object which is too different from all the other
instances of the object. User/1 is one obstacle that slows down Drupal from
becoming object-oriented.

One workaround of the current  design would be to grant user/1 all
permissions except... node/add and comment/reply. This would, at least, put
a thick wall between super administrator and content creator
functionalities.

Shai
content2zero <http://content2zero.com>

On 12/9/07, Greg Knaddison <greg at pingvox.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 10, 2007 12:36 AM, Neil Adair <neila at magma.ca> wrote:
> > Shai Gluskin wrote:
> > >  He's in the awkward situation of having to give his employee who
> > > administers the site access to his user account in order for the
> > > employee to administer the site. And it's not a trivial matter to
> > > migrate all his content to another user.
> > see http://drupal.org/project/adminrole
> >
>
> Neil - the discussion so far is about whether or not something like
> adminrole is a good idea.  My contention is that if you believe that
> using UID1 is bad then using adminrole is nearly as unsafe.
>
> If you use adminrole but also remove many of the privileges then it
> becomes more safe.  However, most paranoid people feel that it's
> better to consciously enable permissions than have that happen
> automatically.
>
> Regards,
> Greg
>
>
>
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