XF 1.4 new Super Admin - add to User Groups = all?

[creativeforge]

Hi,
I'm curious, when you make someone a super-admin (library/config.php), do you also add them to all User Groups? Is that how you avoid any future restrictions for him to manage the whole forum top to bottom?

Thanks!

 

[Paul B]

That's not necessary.

Permissions are cumulative.
See the guide in my signature for how best to set them up.

 

[creativeforge]

Thanks Brogan,
The person is the actual owner of the forum, so I need to give him all-access to everything without any restriction.

 

[Paul B]

Set them as a super administrator which will grant them all permissions in the ACP.

Front end permissions are handled via the user groups.

 

[creativeforge]

So you're saying that the mere fact of being a Super Admin would already give them full access? When I click his name in the ACP, settings are not checked/selected for User Groups. It had to be done manually. I don't yet know what the difference is between "Front end permissions" and this.

 

[Paul B]

Front end permissions are those covered by the user group permissions.

A super administrator always has full access to all parts of the ACP.

 

[creativeforge]

Front end permissions are those covered by the user group permissions.

A super administrator always has full access to all parts of the ACP.

So, just to be sure: this means that a super admin has full access to every setting, whether accessed via the ACP, or via the forum's pop-ups, threads settings, etc. ?

 

[Paul B]

No.

Set them as a super administrator which will grant them all permissions in the ACP.

Front end permissions are handled via the user groups.

 

[creativeforge]

Hi Brogan,

I want to give the super admin access to EVERYTHING, not just in the ACP, but anywhere there are settings to be used across the forum. That is what I need to set up.

 

[rainmotorsports]

The fact is you can use user group permissions to revoke permissions. If you add a user to all user groups you can in theory cause them to have less permissions.

Create a user group for your super admin. Assign that and only that to them end of story.

 

[Paul B]

Create a user group for your super admin. Assign that and only that to them end of story.

That is not the recommended way of setting up permissions and I would advise against it.

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/implementing-permissions-across-multiple-user-groups.358/

 

[rainmotorsports]

Minor correction. Set that as their secondary end of story. All I'm saying is he wasn't getting what you were saying. There is a really simple solution. You can tell him all day but you cant understand it for him.

 

[creativeforge]

Thanks @rainmotorsports, you get that I didn't get it.

I will look into your advice to create a new user group called Super Admin and set all Secondary to all. That makes sense. For now, I have set all the individuals with a super admin status this way, individually.

Andre