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What are the roles and permissions of Drupal users?
Many websites have editor and site administrator roles; editors to make content updates and site admins to install new modules and make larger configuration changes. Out of the box, Drupal recognizes two types of site visitors – those who are logged in (or ‘Authenticated’ users) and those who are not (or ‘Anonymous’ users).
What are the different types of Drupal users?
Drupal allows you to setup any number of different kinds of users or ‘Roles’. Many websites have editor and site administrator roles; editors to make content updates and site admins to install new modules and make larger configuration changes.
How do I create a role in Drupal?
To create or edit a role, click Administration > User management > Roles. To create or edit a user, click Administration > User management > Users. To specify the permissions for a role, click Administration > User management > Permissions.
How to add a new user to Drupal?
Click Administration > User management > Roles. Type in the name of your new role (e.g. ‘editor’) and click ‘Add role’. To add a new ‘editor’ user, go to Administration > User management > Users and click the ‘Add User’ tab.
How do I change the ownership of a Drupal file?
The only thing to be done is to change the directory group ownership to the group your apache is running on. The permission required by Apache is given through group permission and others have no access at all to any files and directories on a Drupal installation.
How can I control who can access my Drupal site?
One of the great features of Drupal is the ability to control how and what people can access on your site. You can set permissions for these “users” to define who can do what for Drupal core features and contributed modules. For example, you probably won’t want casual visitors to edit your homepage.
How do I create a user in Drupal?
To give editors the ability to edit any page within the site, scroll down the permissions page and click the checkbox next to ‘edit any’ for each content type. To create or edit a role, click Administration > User management > Roles. To create or edit a user, click Administration > User management > Users.