The "the code checks for this permission instead of seeing if Everything is there" bug I haven't seen in at least three Evergreen releases (maybe more). As Jason said, assigned org units / depth of permission is more likely the culprit.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Jason Stephenson <[email protected] > wrote: > On 06/22/2016 01:46 PM, Serenity Ibsen wrote: > >> Hi group! >> >> What does permission code EVERYTHING mean? Seems like that would be >> self-explanatory, but user groups with that permission code don't have >> the permissions I'd expect them to (like System and Global >> Administrators.) Do I still have to select permissions manually? >> > > It means what it says, they have permission to do everything at the depth > of the EVERYTHING permission. > > It could be that you have not set the depth to the desired level. It could > be that the permission checks are checking at a different org. unit from > the user's work_ou. Many of the copy and patron level checks will check at > the copy's or patron's home library. If that is outside the range of the > permission depth, then the EVERYTHING permission does no good. > > Also, when you have this permission, it just shows up as EVERYTHING. It > doesn't add all the other permissions. The permissions code generally > checks for the desired permission or the EVERYTHING permission at the given > depth. There were some bugs that were fixed a few years ago, but there > could be some lingering places where the checks are not taking EVERYTHING > into account, though I doubt it. > > >> I appreciate everyone's insight and patience as we muddle through this >> process. >> >> Thank you! >> >> Serenity >> >> -- >> Serenity Ibsen >> Interim Director of Library Services >> Technical Services and Archives Librarian >> PNCA | Pacific Northwest College of Art >> 511 NW Broadway >> Portland, OR 97209-3404 >> 503-821-8953 | Office >> library.pnca.edu <http://library.pnca.edu> >> > > -- > Jason Stephenson > Assistant Director for Technology Services > Merrimack Valley Library Consortium > 4 High ST, Suite 175 > North Andover, MA 01845 > Phone: 978-557-5891 > Email: [email protected] > > Please note my new email address. > -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Rogan R. Hamby, Data and Project Analyst Equinox - Open Your Library [email protected] 1-877-OPEN-ILS | www.esilibrary.com
