Re: Clarifications about "Create a group for each user"
> Hello,
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> I am trying to fine tune the permissions much better. I read a post here a few weeks ago suggesting that the permissions system of tikiwiki is not as sophisticated as phpBB.
I don't think that's correct, really. Both have their advantages. phpBB naturally has more forum-related permissions and has a group-manager role that Tiki doesn't have an equivalent of. But Tiki has much finer-grained permissions covering many more objects, and has a lot more flexibility, it seems to me.
> I was looking at this feature further.
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> *"Create a group for each user (with the same name as the user):"
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> Does checking this mean that there is automatic creation of groups for each user? Or, does it mean that certain individuals may be created as a group of his/her own? If the latter is the case, then it would be possible to further fine tune some permissions I have in mine.
I haven't used this feature but I assume it means that for each user that registers one new group is created, with a membership of one: that user. (Of course the same thing can be done manually by the admin, but activating this option automates the process.) Since Tiki permissions normally are specified for groups rather than individuals, this is a way to have individual-level permissions. I guess this would be good for a site where individuals' galleries, wiki pages, etc. would be needed with distinct permissions set (a permissions automation not possible with phpBB, by the way 
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