[support] Access control modules do not work . . .

[Jason Flatt]

On Wednesday May 16 2007 8:41 am, Metzler, David wrote:
> Jason,
>
> The best way I've found on getting a handle on what's wrong with node
> access is to inspect the node_access table directly.
>
> In some cases (like simple_access) the module's don't keep a separate
> store where they keep track of a permission to a node, and if that's the
> case, executing the reubuild node permissions will actually remove all
> access restrictions from all nodes.

I'm actually okay with that, and I've done it several times in an attempt to 
figure out and fix what's going wrong.


> I'm  not familiar with the access 
> module that you're interested in, so I don't know if this is the case
> there.
>
> So the best advice I can give is to rebuild permissions on a test site
> (not upgraded), and try setting up node_access from scratch.

I'm already using tac_lite successfully on another site, so I know it's not 
the module.


> If it 
> works, try inspecting the contents of the node access table on your
> upgraded site with what you've got on your functional test site.

I did that, and as near as I could tell, everything was okay, but I wiped it 
anyway to make sure I wasn't overlooking anything.


> Does that seem like a plan?
>
> Alternatively, maybe someone out there who's using the module (or the
> maintainer) might be able to look at the data from your node_access
> table.
>
> If you don't get help, let me know and I'll give a shot to reading the
> module code and seeing if I can let you know what the node access table
> should look like. Have you logged an issue on the project site?

No, because I'm fairly positive it's not the module's fault, though I'm sure I 
could file a support request.  I just think it's something to do with the 
site and was hopping for some places to look, which I have received and 
followed through with.


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