Self-Register/Signup page

[kevdow]

I need to create a signup page for new users to register themselves - I know there is a link to a similar post here but it's not totally what Im looking for. I can do the page and links and all but I'm afraid I might run into problems with the permissions in dotproject.

What if I created a 'guest' user with access rights to only add users and of course I can hide this through the links on my sign-up page so they don't know they're signing in via a guest account. The problem I run into is that I may need these ppl who register themselves to be auto_assigned a role with standard permissions so these ppl don't all become 'inactive'. Is this plausible with 'dotproject-2'?

Any creative ideas?

[caseydk]

As you correctly note, dotProject currently does not grant any permissions upon user creation and a user is "inactive" by default.

Lots of things are plausible... not everyone is recommended. You could create a page that will auto-assign this role and I don't think it should be difficult. Would I do it? No for the simple reason that if someone sets the permissions wrong for a project, company, role, etc. additional permissions could be granted by accident... and there's no way to defend against these rogue users.

And yes, I consider nearly all users "rogue users" until they prove otherwise. ;)