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The access control on "sub"-webs, like MainWeb? /SubWeb, apparently is not working. The subweb inherits only the permissions of the parent, leaving without effetc the permissions set in the subweb.

Environment

TWiki version: TWikiRelease04x00x02
TWiki plugins: DefaultPlugin, EmptyPlugin, InterwikiPlugin
Server OS: Scientific Linux 3 CERN
Web server: Apache 2.0.46
Perl version: 5.8.0
Client OS: Ubuntu Linux Breezy
Web Browser: Firefox 1.5.0
Categories: Permissions

-- JesusDeOliveira - 10 May 2006

Answer

ALERT! If you answer a question - or have a question you asked answered by someone - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status is in a drop-down list below the edit box.

It works fine, AFAICT. It is highly likely that you have * Set FINALPREFERENCES = the access controls in the parent web, though, which will prevent subwebs from overriding those settings.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 15 May 2006

Crawford,

Does that mean we have to let user preferences over-ride these preferences?

-- DrewStevenson - 07 Nov 2006

 
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