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This presentation show screen shots of two applications that we use to manage Drupal user accounts. We even have it so our Regional Directors can add/remove authors for the counties they oversee.
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Working with User Accountsin Drupal
Brian WebsterISU Extension IT
http://twitter.com/bwebster719
Presented at NETC 2014(TEKKIES IN THE LITTLE APPLE)
May 20, 2014
Current Drupal Environment
• Standard LAMP stack• Drupal 6• OpenPublish distribution• Domain Access• PubCookie
Domain Access
• Domain = subfolder• Access control system (groups)• Assign content types to domains• Assign themes to domains• 130+ domains/subfolders
PubCookie
• Single Sign On• Uses Active Directory Accounts• Creates a New User in Drupal• 800+ Users
Problems
• 800+ Users• Hard to find a specific user• Risk removing them from one group when
adding to a new one• No good way to tell who has access to each
subfolder (other than look in the database)
Future Plans
• Build distribution lists in Active Directory* All web authors
* All county authors* One for each domain/subfolder
• Manage users in Intranet site* Use our “All Staff” list to create users
* Use a role to manage access
Take Aways
• Untrusted users group• Find a problem/create a solution• Don’t be afraid of the Drupal database
Questions?
Brian WebsterISU Extension IT
http://twitter.com/bwebster719
Presented at NETC 2014(TEKKIES IN THE LITTLE APPLE)
May 20, 2014
