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Lee Kelleher 4026 posts 15836 karma points MVP 13x admin c-trib

Oct 20, 2009 @ 21:22

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Restrict User to Not Delete Members

Hi all!

I have a good understanding how the permissions work in the Users section, which are fine for the Content & Media sections.

Is there a way of restricting a (back-end) user to only the Members section (just tick the box in the 'sections' panel) and only have permission to create & edit, but not delete any of the members?

Reason for this is that we've got a couple of freelancers manually importing data (it's a long story) - so don't want anything to go wrong, (yep, we've taken DB back-ups, etc beforehand) ;-P

Many thanks, Lee

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skiltz 501 posts 701 karma points

Oct 20, 2009 @ 22:28

You could create a Member Event handler which acts on the Member.BeforeDelete method and then returns cancel.

Untested, not sure if this work.

 public class MemberCantDelete : ApplicationBase
{
 public MemberCantDelete()
{
 
Member.BeforeDelete += new Member.DeleteEventHandler(Member_Delete);
 
}
 
public void Member_Delete(Member sender, DeleteEventArgs e)
{
e.Cancel = 
true;
}
}

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skiltz 501 posts 701 karma points

Oct 20, 2009 @ 22:29

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Ohh and also and if this works it would stop anyone front deleting. You'd need to add some more logic to test if they had permission.

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Lee Kelleher 4026 posts 15836 karma points MVP 13x admin c-trib

Oct 21, 2009 @ 00:05

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Thanks skiltz, it's a good approach, I may well just do it! I've created a new User Type for the new users, (so they are completely locked down), I could always check which User Type the user is in the "Member_Delete" method.

Alternatively, I recall someone mentioning manipulating the appTree recently... maybe I could hide the 'delete' context menu item from them?

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Aaron Powell 1708 posts 3046 karma points c-trib

Oct 21, 2009 @ 03:10

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If you wanted to change the tree you'd probably have to create a class that inherits from loadMembers and then override the AllowedActions method (I think, you'll need to double check that)

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