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Wekan is an open-source kanban board (Trello like) which allows a card-based task and to-do management.
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Wekan/General · December 17, 2020 at 4:24pmMore Admin Users
Wekan / General · December 17, 2020 at 4:24pmSo, I manage to make another user. Then I checked "admin" for another user. But some reason. I am the only one that gets the options like "+" for add boards. Which makes me only real admin user. Is that bug in my install. Or is there a difference between, me programmer main admin and other admins that I add to a board?
December 18, 2020 at 7:45am
My question was that. I another user does not have the right to add swim lanes or cards. And if I make them admin, they still do no get these rights. So I had to give away my personal admin user and password so they could adjust they board. So question was, when I set the admin to the other user, the other user did not get these access to everything. If my installation is broken. how do I check that ?
December 18, 2020 at 7:56pm
Huh? Did you add that another user to same board, click that user avatar, and change permission to admin?
I do not mean you should give Admin Panel permission, as full admin
only board admin, at board
So at board sidebar, you click that user avatar and change from normal to admin. Only that step.
And at Admin Panel edit that user and Admin: No
But really, why should normal user reorder swimlanes?
Normal user permissions were restricted exactly for the reason, that normal user would not mess up order of swimlanes, delete lists permanently etc
So I think you should not give normal users any admin permissions
Anyway, you can continue about permission discussion at https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/3377 and https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/3397 . For that 3377 I can open that issue after you have commented it.
I did test it. When I at board clicked other user avatar, changed that user from normal to admin, and that user reloaded Wekan webpage, that user got rights now to reorder swimlanes, add lists, etc
So it works for me
But, that means, that admin user at board has right to delete lists permanently, so it loses data
Another alternative would be, that I would add undo/redo for everything, and prevent all permanent deletion
Anyway, in that issue because I got feedback that adding restrictions is critical, because some BoardAdmin did lose important list permanently, because Normal user deleted it, I did implement those restrictions for free, without any payment, ahead of any paying customers. The correct solution would have been for waiting for funding for https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/3022 .
So Wekan global community at GitHub issues can argue about what is the correct way to handle permissions.
Usually when something is added or changed, it's some back-and-forth is something new better and worse than old behaviour how Wekan works.
When someone asked for limitations, I already new at this comment https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/3377#issuecomment-745115366 that I will receve some feedback about this :D
Anyway, Wekan is combination of feedback from all Wekan global users
I have continued maintaining Wekan for 4 years, because I got posifive feedback, sometime even a little funding, etc
First year I maintained Wekan as a hobby
After that someone at GitHub issues suggested bounties, so I added bounties and my Commercial Support https://wekan.team/commercial-support/ . Currently there is no bounties anymore, only Commercial Support is there.
Most of Wekan development still is by wordwide contributors of individuals and companies, and my free time. Only some part of development is funded by Commercial Support.
Also, I don't know what use cases other Wekan users have. I just listen to feedback at GitHub issues and Commercial Support, and implement what has been paid, or what I feel necessary.
Wekan has friendly welcoming community