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3/7/2007 10:32 AM
 
Ben Allfree

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My module implements custom security in certain sections. I noticed that RoleController.GetUsersInRole(0,"Administrators") does not return the 'host' user in the result set.

If someone is logged in as host, how do I detect that they are allowed full access?
 
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3/7/2007 2:51 PM
 
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By definition the Host User (in dnn) has access to everything and is not part of any role.

If you are using core methods - for instance PortalSecurity.IsInRole, User.IsInRole, PortalSecurity.IsInRoles, these methods will automatically return true for the host user.

So PortalSecurity.IsInRole("Administrators") will return true for both a superuser and any user in the Administrators role.

Also you can detect if the current user is a superuser (to do your own security checks) by UserInfo.IsSuperUser, where UserInfo is the current user (a proeprty od PortalModuelBase).

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6/6/2007 1:29 AM
 
GeoCentric Designs

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I'm interested to know if you can give a user page edit permissions without giving them access to the control panel. For instance, I am using Catalook and DNN 4.3.2. And when you are logged in as admin or host you can browse the site and edit products as you go. Supposedly you can give a user permission to access the category and module in Catalook as well as page edit permissions in DNN. The only way I can get a user to have the edit buttons under the products is to give page edit permissions. But the user doesn't need to be playing around with the page layout or adding modules. That's my job. Any suggestions?
 
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