[opencms-dev] Need help with project visibility in Workplace /setting up OUs

[EdKpnPlanet]

Hallo Nick,
                If  I understand the LDAP philosophy used in Opencms correctly, is is assumed that only users with Root Administrator role have full access to all projects. Thus including the online project.
When scanning the Opencms source, the online project is inhibited for the Organizational Units (OU) (see CmsDriverManager.java). It might be possible to change the role for each user. I did not try this.
However, all offline projects should be selectable, which is not the case. I think this is a bug. So, you have the honor to bugzilla this error.

regards Ed
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nick Straguzzi 
  To: opencms-dev at opencms.org 
  Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 2:27 AM
  Subject: [opencms-dev] Need help with project visibility in Workplace /setting up OUs


  Short question:

  When I set up a new user in an Organizational Unit (OU) in OpenCms 7.0.5 (each OU corresponding to a different Site on my single OpenCms server instance), my users do NOT see the "online" project listed in the Project DDLB in the Workplace.  The only option they see is "Offline".  (But, my Admin user does see both Online and Offline, even if I switch from one Site to another.)

  Longer explanation

  I'm an experienced OpenCms user, but my current project marks the first time I am setting up multiple Organizational Units for multiple websites hosted on the same server.  I have done everything correctly (I think) according to the instructions found in the Wiki plus various online help sites.

  o Two OUs (call them A and B)
  o Users and Groups set up in each OU (let's call the users "a_user" and "b_user"
  o "a_user" is a User and a Project Manager within OU "A"
  o etc.

  ...but, when I log on as a_user in the Workplace, the only project listed in the Projects DDLB is "Offline".  (Presumably, this is the Offline Project that was automatically set up when I created OU "A").  I don't have an "online" project; thus I can't view the actual published copy of Site "A" without going into the History for each file.  Obviously, this isn't going to make my customers happy.  The same thing happens when I log in as "b_user".  But if I login as the Admin, there are no problems - I see both "online" and "offline")  Even if I set "a_user" up with full admin rights within his OU, I still see only one project in the DDLB.

  Everything else seems to work fine for my two OUs.  The project visibility problem is my last major hurdle.  This is a very urgent problem, and I am sure I am doing something silly wrong, but I cannot figure out what it is.  Much thanks in advance.

  Regards,

  Nick Straguzzi
  Green Island Interactive / Credo Systems
  nick.straguzzi at credosystems.com



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