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JREAM
JREAM

Reputation: 5931

Joomla Component Permissions

In Joomla 2.5 I have a custom component installed that is only available to the Administrator. I would like to make this component available to the Manager Group as well.

Can someone please tell me what file I must edit? Is it an XML file in the administrator/components/name_here/? Or is this a lot more complicated than I think?

I hope I am reading the right file, this Joomla system is a mad hatter.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2078

Answers (1)

Craig
Craig

Reputation: 9330

It's not just an XML file your component will need to check the permissions a user has.

Since Joomla! 1.6 there is an extensive Access Control (ACL) mechanism implemented for front-end and backend access. You can define an unlimited number of Groups all with different access levels on a per component basis (this presumes that the component is written correctly). The default groups that are created with the initial setup can be deleted or renamed and may not to exist on all installations, users can create groups of any name with any range of permissions.

I would recommend starting with the Access Control List/2.5/Tutorial this will give you a better understanding of the new ACL.

Then from the "Developing a Model-View-Controller Component/2.5" tutorial, re-read "Adding ACL" article, if you need custom rules you will probably want to read the Adding ACL Rules to your component article as well.

Upvotes: 8

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