Ron--
User 1 is a special "super admin" role that does not follow normal access control rules, including node access.
Development testing should never be done as user #1 unless testing installation or update routines. In fact, nothing but install and update should be done as user #1.
See http://drupal.org/node/22284
- Ken Rickard
agentrickard
> user #1 sees all
Yup. user 1 has all possible rights, there is a special check for it so that every kind of access check is TRUE for this user. In this case, node administrators can see all nodes and because user 1 has every right, she is also a node admin.