We did something like this by using the cck redirection module. <a href="http://drupal.org/project/cck_redirection">http://drupal.org/project/cck_redirection</a> <div><br></div><div>Basically we created a cck type of link, that auto redirects to the entered node.  Then the link nodes can have whatever permissions we want, and can show up in the menu however we want.  It also has the benefit of allowing external URLs in the menu that are permission controlled.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Hope that helps.</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>antgiant<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Steven Scotten <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:steves@splicer.com">steves@splicer.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">What I&#39;d like to do (what my client wants) is to have menu items for<br>
nodes with permissions restrictions to still be available. That way,<br>
the user gets a link to whatever supersecret page it is and gets<br>
challenged to log in if they are anonymous.<br>
<br>
Is this do-able? A search on <a href="http://drupal.org" target="_blank">drupal.org</a> found lots of posts about<br>
making links disappear even when the node should be visible, but not<br>
the other way around.<br>
<br>
Obviously this would have to be done conditionally so as not to show<br>
all the admin links, so that makes things more complicated.<br>
<br>
My only thought at this point is to make a second menu item for each<br>
menu item that currently requires authentication, and somehow (using<br>
Menu Per Role perhaps?) make that menu item visible only to the<br>
anonymous user.<br>
<br>
Am I missing something obvious?<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
<br>
Steve<br>
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