[opencms-dev] Site-DropDown-Menu

[Wolfgang Winzer]

Hi Anatol,

I think I understand your problem now. And I still stick with my 
proposed solution. I must emphasize though that I am no expert and 
neither did I confirm it through tests ;-)

I imagine it happens like this: When a user (let's call him "Karl" ) 
logs into opencms, the system checks Karls settings in order to 
determine where to let him start in the VFS. Karls settings say "start 
with /sites/default/" (that's what you need to change!), so it tries to 
show him /sites/default but fails because he ain't got the permission 
(you took away from him). Of course the drop-down-box showing your 
location doesn't care and still shows /sites/default/ as Karls location. 
Only when he leaves this location does it vanish because you removed it 
from opencms-system.xml.

I bet you created Karl BEFORE you changed the opencms-system.xml, right? 
Well no matter, log in as Karl and change his settings as I already 
described in my first answer, that should do the trick:
Start from Workplace > open "Preferences" (Hammer) > Workplace Tab > Set 
"Start with site" to "/"

Any user created AFTER your changes in opencms-system.xml should by 
default have his setting  "Start with site" set to "/sites/other", so 
another way would be to delete all old users and set up new ones. (just 
my guess)

Good luck
Wolfgang

Anatol wrote:

> OK, I tried to say it in other words:
>
> For the normal work I don't want the default-Site displayed (in the 
> admininterface). So I edit the <sites>-tag in the 
> WEB-INF/config/opencms-system.xml file and changed the 
> <default-uri>/sites/default/</default-uri> to 
> <default-uri>/sites/other/</default-uri>
>
> Next step is to change the persmission for that folder 
> (/sites/default/) so that only admin has access and can view it. So 
> far so good.
>
> But now if an users (non admin!) logged in the opencms-interface, 
> opencms tried to direct him to /sites/default/ (why?!), detect that 
> this user has no access to that folder and raises an error. :-(
>
> At this moment the site-dropdown-menu lists the /sites/default/-entry 
> (why?!). I've to switch to an other site (from the site-dropdown) and 
> now (!) the /sites/default - entry isn't listed anymore.
>
> Thats my problem - hope, it is now a bit better to understand :-)
>
> Greetings
> Anatol
>
> Wolfgang Winzer schrieb:
>
>> I didn't fully understand your problem but to change the location you 
>> start with after login do:
>> Start from Workplace > open "Preferences" (Hammer) > Workplace Tab > 
>> Set "Start with site" to "/"
>>
>> Regards
>> Wolfgang
>>
>> Anatol wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> In opencms-system.xml I've removed any /sites/default/ entry but if 
>>> I login the opencms system, I was directed to /sites/default/ and 
>>> this entry is still in the dropdown menue for choosing a site. If I 
>>> moved to another site and opend the site dropdown again, now the 
>>> /sites/default-entry is gone.
>>> Tomcat was restarted and the bowser cache 's cleared - but nothing 
>>> help. I'm a bit confused!
>>>
>>> Has anybody a hint for my, how to remove the /sites/default entry 
>>> permanent and from the begining of login-process?
>>>
>>> Greetings
>>> Anatol
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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