[Using Sakai] Create small admin role

[Steve Swinsburg]

Yes. Two ways. Set an attribute in LDAP for the users and in your ldap provider, check for that attribute and set the user type accordingly.
Or maintain another list of users with a user type override and do a lookup of that in the ldap provider. This could be from Sakai properties if it's static or a db table but ensure it is fast.

Cheers,
Steve

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> On 8 Nov 2013, at 21:10, Anders Nordkvist <anders.nordqvist at his.se> wrote:
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> Ok, unfortunatly we are not using local users that much instead we get information from our activedirectory via LDAP. Do you know if it’s possible to somehow change TYPE on some specific  LDAP accounts to something like helpdesk?
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> Regards
> Anders Nordkvist
> System administrator
> University Of Skövde
> Sweden
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> From: Kara Stiles [mailto:kstiles at brutuspartners.com] 
> Sent: den 7 november 2013 17:10
> To: Anders Nordkvist
> Cc: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Create small admin role
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> I had the same problem recently with the !site.helper realm, which is why I've just started using a !user.template instead.  I like to call it helpdesk (!user.template.helpdesk) instead of Junior Admin because helpdesk sounds less silly.
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> So here's the thing with the !user.template.helpdesk (or whatever else you might call the new template realm) - you can change any individual user's user account template by changing the value of their "Type" setting in the Users tool in the Admin workspace (change it from registered to helpdesk or whatever else you chose to call the new template), but, you can only use this method to change the type for *local* users.  So if you have a bunch of external users and you want to change their user "Type," this method won't work, because they won't appear in the Users tool.  They'll need a local id in order to become helpdesk (or whatever you call it).
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> Thanks,
> Kara
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> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Anders Nordkvist <anders.nordqvist at his.se> wrote:
> Hi Kara and thanks for your response.
> I have tried that solution to but run in to a problem in the !site.helper realm. When I “Grant Ability” for a user and save it looks like the user was saved but when I go back to !site.helper there is no users there. Do you know why I can’t save users in that realm?
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> If I as you suggest create a new template how can I then get existing users to use it? A template isn’t that for new users only?
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> Regards
> Anders Nordkvist
> System administrator
> University Of Skövde
> Sweden
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> From: Kara Stiles [mailto:kstiles at brutuspartners.com] 
> Sent: den 6 november 2013 18:26
> To: Anders Nordkvist
> Cc: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Create small admin role
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> You could try something like this:
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> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/pipermail/sakai-dev/2010-October/009565.html
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> It's complicated, but once it's finally set-up correctly, it works well.
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> And here's a small addition to keep in mind: Instead of using !site.helper as the post suggests, you could just create a new user account template (!user.template.adminlite or something like that) and add the permissions there.
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> Thanks,
> Kara
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> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Anders Nordkvist <anders.nordqvist at his.se> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> We are using Sakai 2.9.x.
> Does anyone know if it’s possible to create a role or something that can search and see all Sakai sites (in Worksite setup) as instructor without installing some tool for it to work? We are looking into the possibility of create a liteAdmin role that can’t access the other administrative tools. I have tried the adminLite and delegate tools but think it’s too much installing and things that can go wrong there (especially with 2.9). It would be much easier to just create a role that can do the thing described here.
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> mvh
> Anders Nordqvist
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