SID-01736: Edit ACLs from "more topic actions" DOES NOT PERSIST

Status:	Unanswered	TWiki version:	5.1.3	Perl version:	Perl version: 5.10.1
Category:	CategoryAccessControl	Server OS:	CentOS 6.3 64 bit	Last update:	12 years ago

This is a very quirky situation. I have two use cases. First one doesn't work. Second one does.

Use Case 1: (Problem use case) 1. I have a topic that is not restricted. I click on "More Topic Actions" and then "Edit ACLs for this topic". 2. I get to the proper topic permissions UI. I add users to edit and view. When I "Save", it jumps back to the topic page. 3. If I go back to "Edit ACLs" - I see that the changes I made ARE NOT there. I check "Preference Settings" - and there too I don't see the directives.

Use Case 2: Here I add the macro %TOPICPERMISSIONS%to the topic page. However I follow the same exact step as in Use Case 1. I.e. even if I can set ACL from the topic page itself, I choose to go via "More topic actions" route. The difference is: in this case it works! I see the ACL settings persist and also show up in preference settings.

My objectiive is: I don't want to use %TOPICPERMISSIONS% on the topic page as I don't want to have that UI with all user names on the topic page. If anyone wants to set ACL, they should go via "More topic actions". But I am unable to make that work.

-- Abhay Patil - 2013-06-14

Discussion and Answer

I have added a bug: http://develop.twiki.org/~twiki4/cgi-bin/view/Bugs/Item7281

-- Abhay Patil - 2013-06-18

By putting %TOPICPERMISSIONS% macro in comment solves the problem. This can be used as a work-around.

-- Madhuri Yevale - 2013-06-20

Thanks Madhuri, Appearance of the string <!-- %TOPICPERMISSIONS% --> does the trick, even if technically it is just a comment. It doesn't throw up the big ACL UI and so serves the purpose.

-- Abhay Patil - 2013-06-21

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