[support] managing other users' profiles

[Christopher M. Jones]

I am building an informational site with a community component. One of 
the components is a directory of service providers. We want it to work 
like this:

We compile a list of service providers and enter them into the database. 
A service provider may request an account, at which time they are 
permitted to edit their record in the database. They should not be able 
to edit any other content but the specific record that belongs to them.

This is how I set it up: I created a cck type for the record. Each 
service provider has an account on the system, to which they can request 
access. Then I used nodeprofile, pageroute, and registration account 
types to set up the permissions and the workflow. On the whole, 
everything seems to function as expected. When someone registers for an 
account, they are passed along to their account, where they have a link 
allowing them to create their profile. If their profile already was 
created for them, then they can edit it.

The problem is, I want users in an 'editor' role to be able to create 
these profiles and assign them to users. But I don't want "Create 
your..." links to show up in their account. That is to say, I have to 
give the editor create and edit permission on the profile type, but I 
don't want the editor to be able to create a node of this type for 
themselves. I'd be content just to have the link removed from their 
account page, but I don't see a way to do that -per role-. As it is, 
everyone with create permission on that type gets it listed in their 
account page.

Is there some other way I should have gone about this?