[Deploying Sakai] Deleting Topic in Forums

[Steve Swinsburg]

Hi Sri,

Yes I believe this is only enabled for more powerful members by default, but
can be changed for other roles as you noted.

cheers,
Steve

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Sri Kota <srini07 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> So I've managed to get the permissions right. Here is what I've observed:
>
> The 'access' role has to be given the 'Change Settings' permission. If not,
> then the user with that role cannot delete the topic. It wasn't very
> intuitive to me at first, but I think this does make sense after all.
>
> Thanks for looking,
> -Sri
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Sri Kota <srini07 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>> I'm using Sakai 2.6.2 with the default/standard Forums.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Sri
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Steve Swinsburg <
>> steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Sri,
>>>
>>> What version of Sakai (and Forums if not the standard one) are you using?
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4 May 2010, at 01:24, Sri Kota wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello Folks,
>>> >
>>> > Users with 'access' privileges on a project worksite are not able to
>>> delete topics in a forum. As an administrator, I can edit 'Topic Settings'
>>> to allow participants to delete the topics they created. However, it does
>>> not work. Is this a known bug or am I missing something?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Sri
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > - Sri
>>> > Sarvē Janā Sukhinō Bhavantu
>>> >
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>>
>> --
>> - Sri
>> Sarvē Janā Sukhinō Bhavantu
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> - Sri
> Sarvē Janā Sukhinō Bhavantu
>
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