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Roles help needed

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  • Started 1 year ago by peter.lurie
  • Latest reply from ikailo
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  1. peter.lurie
    Member

    I am confused that changing a role in one of the sites doesn't apply it to all, or is that a deliberate decision.

    How is a sinle login implemented? Does it apply to the the actual access to the Dashboard, and one has then to define specific roles on a site by site basis?

    What about new users (if I allow them to register? Will they automatically appear as subscribers?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. ikailo
    Developer

    Single Sign On is implemented by sharing cookies and sharing user table(s).

    There are two tables that control the users. The first is "users", which contains the basic information - username and password. It is shared when the SSO add-on is activated. The second table is the "usermeta" table, which contains the roles. This one is separate per site, by default.

    Sharing the Usermeta table & roles requires some changes to the core, unfortunately. You can do this by doing the following:

    Add to wp-config.php:
    define('CAP_PREFIX', 'wp_'); //(change the "wp_" to the same prefix found in WP-Admin > WP Hive > SSO Options)

    Change the following in wp-includes/capabilities.php:
    $this->cap_key = $wpdb->prefix . 'capabilities';
    to this:
    $this->cap_key = CAP_PREFIX . 'capabilities';

    If you allow a new user to register, they will be given the default role for each site, which is set in WP Admin > Settings > General > New User Default Role

    I hope to make this a little easier to do in a future version.

    I hope that makes sense...

    Posted 1 year ago #

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