[Building Sakai] MOTD permissions

[Jaques Smith]

I did. And now for good measure I just restarted the server (test server)
and still not working.

Thanks for all the help, I'm sure it is something simple. Maybe with a
clear head later, I'll let you know if I find it.

Cheers,
Jaques

On 25 April 2014 15:36, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall at it.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> Um, I am close to being stumped!
>
> Clicking on the user on /announcement/channel/!site/motd page has the
> 'author' role ticked and the status set to Active.
>
> We have just checked whether we have added any custom code to support this
> process and I can confirm we haven't. Ours all works fine on Sakai 2.8.
>
> The last suggestion from Matthew here at Oxford, (which to my ears sounds
> a cast-iron 100% cert,) is that you need to flush the caches via the memory
> tool in Admin Workspace. Please say you haven't already tried this!
>
> adaqm
>
> --
> Dr A C Marshall, WebLearn Service Manager, University of Oxford.
> IT Services, 13 Banbury Rd, Oxford. OX2 6NN.
>
>
> From: Jaques Smith [mailto:jaques at opencollab.co.za]
> Sent: 25 April 2014 14:18
> To: Adam Marshall
> Cc: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] MOTD permissions
>
> Adam,
>
> I did the Grant Ability thing now, see the attached motd-realm.png.
> The .anon role has the default (out the box) permission (annc.read).
> The .auth role has the default (out the box) permission (annc.read).
> The author role has the following permissions;
> . annc.all.groups
> . annc.delete.any
> . annc.delete.own
> . annc.new
> . annc.read
> . annc.read.drafts
> . annc.revise.any
> . annc.revise.own
> For the admin realm see the attached admin-realm.png.
> Here the author role has the following permissions;
> .  annc.all.groups
> .  annc.delete.any
> .  annc.delete.own
> .  annc.new
> .  annc.read
> .  annc.read.drafts
> .  annc.revise.any
> .  annc.revise.own
> .  site.visit
>
> The user is still not able to create messages
>
> Thanks,
> Jaques
>
> On 25 April 2014 14:09, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall at it.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> It turns out I only gave you half the story. (You learn something new
> every day!)
>
> For this bit:
>
> . Log in as admin
> . Go to Realms, /announcement/channel/!site/motd
> . Add role 'author'
> . Give the role all the annc.* permissions
>
> You also need to click on 'Grant Ability' and add the user ID of the
> 'author'. There should be a .anon role assigned on the 'Edit: Realm
> /announcement/channel/!site/motd' page if not, add it.
>
> Adam
>
> --
> Dr A C Marshall, WebLearn Service Manager, University of Oxford.
> IT Services, 13 Banbury Rd, Oxford. OX2 6NN.
>
> From: Jaques Smith [mailto:jaques at opencollab.co.za]
> Sent: 25 April 2014 12:09
> To: Adam Marshall
> Cc: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] MOTD permissions
>
> Thanks Adam,
>
> This is similar to what I tried and I did now do what you suggested, but
> still not getting it to work, I must be missing something.
> This is Sakai 2.9.3
>
> I did the following;
> . Log in as admin
> . Go to Realm, /site/!admin
> . Add Role 'author'
> . Give the role the following permissions:
> o annc.*
> o site.visit
> . Go to Sites tool and select !admin site
> . Add page and add MOTD tool to page
> . Go to Worksite Setup tool and edit Administration Workspace
> . Add person with Add Participants
> . Set the role to 'author'
> Did not work
> I also;
> . Log in as admin
> . Go to Realms, /announcement/channel/!site/motd
> . Add role 'author'
> . Give the role all the annc.* permissions
> Still not. Any Ideas?
>
> Thanks.
> Jaques
>
>
> On 25 April 2014 12:03, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall at it.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> We set up a new role "author" and added it to the Administration Workspace.
>
> We granted this role site.visit and permission for the announcements tool
> annc.read, annc.create and so on. The add your authors to the admin
> workspace and give them the author role.
>
> adam
>
>
>
> --
> Dr A C Marshall, WebLearn Service Manager, University of Oxford.
> IT Services, 13 Banbury Rd, Oxford. OX2 6NN.
>
>
> From: sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:
> sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Jaques Smith
> Sent: 25 April 2014 10:28
> To: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: [Building Sakai] MOTD permissions
>
> Hi all,
>
> How do I give someone permission to add announcements to the Message Of
> The Day tool?
> I played around with the realm and and but don't get more then just adding
> it to sites...what am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
> Jaques
>
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