[Deploying Sakai] Profile permissions

[Anthony Whyte]

We need to capture this information in the 2.7.0 release notes.    
Steve, can you write this up and I'll create a draft release notes  
space for assembling this info.

Cheers,

Anth



On Jan 21, 2010, at 7:04 PM, Steve Swinsburg wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> Yes there is a conversion from the classic Profile to Profile2 that  
> you can run on first startup. In fact, it just moves the images out  
> of the binary/url field into ContentHosting if a file has been  
> uploaded and the relevant records created in Profile2, since they  
> both share the same backend for where the data resides (both use  
> Sakai_PERSON_T).
>
> It is also backwards compatible with the classic Profile so if you  
> try it and want to go back, you can without losing any data.
>
> Give me a shout if you need any more info or assistance.
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> On 22/01/2010, at 10:50 AM, Paul Gibbs wrote:
>
>> Yes, you have a good point there. I'll look at it more closely. Not  
>> sure I have time right now to implement this, but I'll look at it.  
>> Thanks for your time. I notice that Profile2 is going to be in 2.7.  
>> If schools migrate from 2.6.x to 2.7, will the upgrade migrate  
>> everyone's Profile tool in their My Workspace sites over to the new  
>> Profile tool?
>>
>> At this point, I just really wish there were an existing  
>> PhotoService extension (similar to what David mentioned) that would  
>> allow me to use URLs for student IDs instead of using the blob  
>> field. But that's over my head at this point. I guess I'll just  
>> have to wait on this issue.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Deploying Sakai] Profile permissions
>> From: steve.swinsburg at gmail.com
>> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:07:26 +1100
>> CC: production at collab.sakaiproject.org
>> To: pgibbsjr at hotmail.com
>>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> The Profile tool doesn't look at the Account for any information.  
>> So the info in the Profile and the Account quickly gets out of  
>> sync. The email address  you add to the Profile isn't checked when  
>> sending emails either, only the one in the Account is.
>>
>> I would highly recommend adding Profile2 to your installation if  
>> possible, as it overcomes these limitations (email changes are  
>> synced and can only be changed if the system permits it, a user's  
>> name comes from Account).
>>
>> cheers,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22/01/2010, at 8:39 AM, Paul Gibbs wrote:
>>
>> (Sorry for so many e-mails this week...!)
>>
>> I do not want my users to be able to modify their e-mail addresses  
>> using Sakai's Account or Profile tools. For the Account tool, this  
>> was easy--I was able to uncheck the "usr.upd.own" options in the  
>> realm settings. However, I can't find corresponding way to restrict  
>> e-mail address changes in the Profile tool. Actually, I couldn't  
>> find any realm settings for the Profile tool at all. Are there  
>> none? Or is there someplace else I need to look for those?
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Paul Gibbs
>> Lansdale, Pennsylvania
>>
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