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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-23219

Check System Permissions function seems a bit useless

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    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_21_STABLE
    • Fixed Branches:
      MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE
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      Try this in various contexts.

      1. Go to Settings -> Users -> Permissions -> Check permission (that is the location on a course page, it is slightly different in system / categories / modules).

      2. Select a user (you should probably try this for various different users).

      3. Verify that, at the top of the summary of the user's permissions, it shows all the user's roles in this context or parent contexts, including 'authenticated user', 'front page role', etc.

      4. Role should be shown with a link to view the role definition of that role (if you have permissions to do that) and with a link that takes you to the context in question.

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      Try this in various contexts. 1. Go to Settings -> Users -> Permissions -> Check permission (that is the location on a course page, it is slightly different in system / categories / modules). 2. Select a user (you should probably try this for various different users). 3. Verify that, at the top of the summary of the user's permissions, it shows all the user's roles in this context or parent contexts, including 'authenticated user', 'front page role', etc. 4. Role should be shown with a link to view the role definition of that role (if you have permissions to do that) and with a link that takes you to the context in question.

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      Surely "Check System Permissions" would be much more use if it showed what roles a user was assigned to? Even the title is wrong - it shows a list of capabilities. 99 times out of 100 any role problems come down to having forgotten about assigning a user in some strange context. This is only going to half help with this. Ideally it should show both the capabilities and a simple list of role assignments for that user.

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          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-8249 Localised standard role names and descriptions

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
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              Assignee:
              timhunt Tim Hunt
              Reporter:
              howardsmiller Howard Miller
              Peer reviewer:
              Petr Skoda Petr Skoda
              Integrator:
              Dan Poltawski Dan Poltawski
              Tester:
              Adrian Greeve Adrian Greeve
              Participants:
              Component watchers:
              Andrew Lyons, Dongsheng Cai, Huong Nguyen, Jun Pataleta, Michael Hawkins, Shamim Rezaie, Simey Lameze
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                Fix Release Date:
                10/Sep/12