[Building Sakai] In a particular site how to restrict students from sending messages

Tue Dec 11 14:26:40 PST 2012

You can already do this via webservices (copyRole). There is also this tool
which does a very similar thing:
https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib//admin-perms-tool/

cheers,
Steve

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:14 AM, JOSE MARIANO LUJAN GONZALEZ <jmariano at um.es
> wrote:

> Hi David,
> I've checked with Juan Arcadio and its possible but we don't know if there
> is any interest in the community on using the tool that way (webservices).
> The source code https://aulavirtual.um.es/**access/content/user/**
> juanarcadio%40um.es/umusync/**www/installation.html<https://aulavirtual.um.es/access/content/user/juanarcadio%40um.es/umusync/www/installation.html>was contributed and we are happy if anyone want to work with it. If there
> is interest on the community of using the functionality via webservices...
> then we can consider working on it.
>
> Let us know if you need any help!
> mariano
>
> El 07/12/2012 3:24, Poindexter, David Ray escribió:
>
>  Any possibility of making this functionality a web service instead of a
>> tool?
>> --
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>> David Poindexter
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>> On 12/6/12 1:48 PM, "José Mariano Luján"<jmariano at um.es>  wrote:
>>
>>  Ok, i will then create the jira. Thanks!
>>>
>>> Actually a colleage of mine developed a  contrib tool that allows sakai
>>> admins to easily update all realms with new permission changes. We use it
>>> almost every month!!
>>>
>>> If anyone wants to take a look:
>>> https://confluence.**sakaiproject.org/display/**
>>> UMUSYNC/Sites+sync+tool+-+Umus<https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/UMUSYNC/Sites+sync+tool+-+Umus>
>>> ync
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Enviado desde mi iPhone
>>>
>>> El 05/12/2012, a las 23:07, Steve Swinsburg<steve.swinsburg@**gmail.com<steve.swinsburg at gmail.com>
>>> >
>>> escribió:
>>>
>>>  Hi Jose,
>>>>
>>>> Yes that Jira text would be fine. Realm updates can be handled come
>>>> upgrade time, there a various ways to do them.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On 04/12/2012, at 22:31, JOSE MARIANO LUJAN GONZALEZ<jmariano at um.es>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Jean-Francois, you are right, thats a new feature, i.e.: we are
>>>>> running 2.7.1 and we don't have those permissions but they do come on
>>>>> 2.9. It's an interesting feature!
>>>>>
>>>>> and Steve, I tried what you mention in the "page order" and it works!!
>>>>> we didn't know about that option. It might help in some occasions.
>>>>> Regarding "Can you file a Jira to add that?", sure I can, but do you
>>>>> think that we should file the jira with something like:
>>>>>
>>>>> - add new permission like "msg.sendmessages" that will allow to
>>>>> control which roles can send messages (couldn't this be a problem later
>>>>> on... because everyone should update all their realms marking that
>>>>> permission in order to allow their roles to send messages...) So maybe,
>>>>> its a better option to add a restrictive permission like
>>>>> "msg.no.sendmessages" so that people only have to check that permission
>>>>> if they want to restrict that functionality to an specific role.
>>>>>
>>>>> As you can see, not really sure of what could be the best solution...
>>>>> thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> El 04/12/2012 10:10, Jean-Francois Leveque escribió:
>>>>>
>>>>>> As far as I can tell from
>>>>>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/**browse/MSGCNTR-401<https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSGCNTR-401>,
>>>>>> this is only in
>>>>>> "CLE:
>>>>>> Messages&   Forums" 3.0.0-rc01 which made it into msgcntr-3.0.0 which
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> part of CLE 2.9.0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because it's a new feature, its inclusion in 2.8 would require some
>>>>>> discussion, as far as I can remember how CLE maintenance works.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> J-F
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 03/12/2012 20:47, Steve Swinsburg wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh we'll that's pretty bad. Can you file a Jira to add that?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The other way would be to hide the tool via page order light bulb,
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> then need site.upd to access it. So if you only have access and
>>>>>>> maintain
>>>>>>> type roles then its done.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 04/12/2012, at 5:17, Jehan Badshah<jehan.badshah at nu.edu.**pk<jehan.badshah at nu.edu.pk>
>>>>>>> <mailto:jehan.badshah at nu.edu.**pk <jehan.badshah at nu.edu.pk>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Yes!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I checked realm of sakai 2.8.2, and there is nothing like that to
>>>>>>>> control.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 7:52 PM, JOSE MARIANO LUJAN GONZALEZ
>>>>>>>> <jmariano at um.es<mailto:jmarian**o at um.es <jmariano at um.es>>>   wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     msg.permissions.allowToField.**allParticipants
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     msg.permissions.allowToField.**groups
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     msg.permissions.allowToField.**roles
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     msg.permissions.viewHidden.**groups
>>>>>>>>
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