_[opencms-dev]_Problem_with_group-inheritance

Andre Bernardini mail at andre-bernardini.de
Thu Nov 4 12:47:36 CET 2004


I'm sorry ... I swapped letters in my last Email:

If group B is subset of group A, group A should also contain B's members.
Instead group B contains A's members.

so long...
André Bernardini

Andre Bernardini <mail at andre-bernardini.de>,The OpenCms mailing list
<opencms-dev at opencms.org> wrote: 
> Sounds quite logical the way you explain it ... if only i'd get the right
> results :)
> 
> If group B is subset of group A, group B should also contain A's members. And
> excactly here is my problem: This doesn't happen! Instead, group A contains
B's
> members.
> 
> If this is only an understanding-problem of mine, I apologize and eagerly
expect
> your explanations :)
> 
> so long
> André Bernardini
> 
> 
> The OpenCms mailing list <opencms-dev at opencms.org> wrote: 
> > 
> > Andre Bernardini <mail at andre-bernardini.de> schrieb am 04.11.2004,
> > 11:43:25:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'm using opencms 5.0.1 and encountering the following problem:
> > > 
> > > when I create group Y and select group X as parent group, the result seems
> to be
> > > the exact opposite of what I wanted:
> > > 
> > > If I assign a user to group X, he won't appear in group Y (as expected).
On
> the
> > > other hand - if I assign him to group Y (the "child group") he indirectly
> > > becomes member of group X.
> > > 
> > > So ... is this a known bug (already searched the 2004-mailinglist-archive
> but
> > > didn't find anything significant) and does anyone have any suggestions how
> to
> > > solve that problem?
> > 
> > There is no bug - the groups behave in the right way.
> > 
> > You can see a user as a special kind of group with only one person in
> > it.
> > 
> > Now you can read the term "group A is parent of groups B" as:
> > B is a subset of A.
> > 
> > 
> > Manfred
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