The Simple Access Grants module provides an easy way to control access to nodes using the Node Access Grants method provided by Backdrop core.
This module implements a single realm within that method and enables User Grants to be specified for each user role in combination with each content type. A new 'access settings' property of each content type can be configured to grant appropriate access for each user role.
User Grants can be edited, added or removed and then reapplied to all nodes by rebuilding Backdrop's node_access data-table.
This new release (1.x-1.1.0) of the project is a further simplification and removes the facility to set access grants for single nodes. It also removes the complication of setting profiles that provide combinations of access settings. In practice it would seem adequate to allow for access grants to be set solely for node/content types.
This is a module developed for use with Backdrop CMS and is not a direct port of a Drupal module. However, it has its origins in a port of Simple Access, aiming to be a simplification of that module and to use Backdrop's configuration system.
The aim has been to develop an access grants module that makes full use of Backdrop's configuration system rather than using tables in the MySQL database, and also is much simplified by only using the Node Access Grants method and a single realm.
- Install this module using the official Backdrop CMS instructions at https://backdropcms.org/guide/modules.
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No initial configuration is needed.
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Each content type has a new setting 'Access Settings' which, if used, will restrict access to that content for all nodes of that type.
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If only certain nodes need restricted access then it is suggested that a new type of node is defined e.g. page_restricted, and access settings defined for this type of node.
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Applying any access setting requires the rebuilding of permissions. To provide easier access to this core feature the module adds a 'Rebuild permissions' item to the admin 'Contents' menu.
This project is GPL v2 software. See the LICENSE.txt file in this directory for complete text.
Graham Oliver (github.com/Graham-72/)