[development] RE : Advice on module writing

Larry Garfield larry at garfieldtech.com
Fri Apr 19 18:22:34 UTC 2013


On 4/18/13 9:00 PM, John Summerfield wrote:
> On 09/04/13 00:51, Larry Garfield wrote:
>> I have done user-sharing via multi-site table prefixes before.  For the
>> love of god, don't do it.  You're begging for trouble.
>>
>> I am pretty sure that with the right add-on modules like domain_path,
>> Domain Access can do what you want, or at least close enough.
>
> I had a problem with content being published to one site being visible
> at another, and for this reason I found it unacceptable.
>
> However, I read your report and viewed your video and had another look.
> I have now discovered that what I observed is (bizarrely IMV) expected
> behaviour when the user is an administrator. I think I observed the
> behaviour for a second user, but it's possible I made the second user an
> administrator too.
>
> So for the moment that is what I will do.

Yes, you are able to give users "bypass node access" restriction, which 
would, I believe, then bypass domain access, too.  Generally don't give 
that permission to people unless you really really mean it. :-)

--Larry Garfield


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